These cookies just earned a lifetime spot in my recipe book! They are soooo delicious! They’re the perfect spring or summer cookie since they are so light with a slice of lemon! I have a weakness for lemon and these hit the spot, not to mention, they’re super easy!
Lemon Crinkle Cookies – Makes 2 dozen
Ingredients:
1/2 cups butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar (for rolling cookie dough balls)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non stick spray and set aside OR line baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla, egg, lemon zest, and juice. Scrape sides and mix again. Stir in all dry ingredients slowly until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again briefly. Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in powdered sugar. Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.
Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte. Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
These are super quick and easy and DELICIOUS!
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26 Comments
Lynette @ My Craft Discovery
March 14, 2013 at 2:55 amThese look fantastic. I will have to try them soon. It’s so nice to find a recipe that calls for things I have (well except for the lemon, but that I can handle buying!)
Shabby chic Sandy
March 14, 2013 at 5:28 amI will have to try these–my daughters and I are not huge fans of chocolate–I bet we would love these!
Winnie
March 14, 2013 at 3:39 pmWonderful cookies!
I looooooooove lemon flavor in cookies
vintagemarigold
March 16, 2013 at 1:59 amYum! they look good! lemon makes realize spring and summer are coming!
Natasha In Oz
March 16, 2013 at 12:22 amI love anything with lemon! These look amazing. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe.
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Best wishes,
Natasha in Oz
Emily
March 17, 2013 at 3:37 amYum these look so good that I want to go make them RIGHT NOW! 🙂 However, I’ll wait for the time being and pin them for another day!
~Emily
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March 23, 2013 at 5:53 amWow…those look so good! I might just have to make those tomorrow 🙂
Andrea Reed
March 25, 2013 at 5:15 pmThese look delicious! Stopping by from I Heart Naptime 🙂
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Megs
April 7, 2013 at 10:41 amMade these twice lemon and twice as chocolate chip. That’s in about 3 weeks! My family can’t get enough of them! Thank you so much!!
Lizy B
July 18, 2013 at 1:23 pmHow in the world, with all the cookies I’ve made in my lifetime, have I never made something like this!! Lemon is my boys’ favorite flavor…need to bake these today!
Mallory & Savannah
July 18, 2013 at 11:15 pmThey’re seriously amazing! So glad you found them! 😉
Marilyn
July 19, 2013 at 8:21 pm. I really am going to try these next week. Just need some fresh lemons. YUM.♥♫
Lynaea Brand
July 22, 2013 at 8:22 pmI’m a sucker for lemon treats too…these look delicious. Thank you for sharing your recipe! It’s pinned at my place. (=
Brenda
August 21, 2013 at 5:51 pmMade these gluten free, awesome recipe! The cookies were chewy!! 🙂
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Allison Depatie
December 23, 2013 at 10:28 amMy daughter and I made these last night and they look nothing like the picture. They stayed as balls and didn’t come out flat or crispy. They look like snowball cookies. What could we have done wrong? We followed the recipe.
Mallory & Savannah
December 26, 2013 at 4:56 pmHi Allison!
Hmm… I wonder what could’ve gone wrong…? Several people have told me they’ve followed and loved the recipe. So sorry it didn’t turn out for you!
xoxo, Mallory
Dawn
April 27, 2014 at 4:40 pmMy guess is you didn’t preheat the oven.
Mallory & Savannah
April 28, 2014 at 12:08 pmHi Dawn! Yep, you can see to preheat the oven in the first step! Thanks!
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Jodie
May 11, 2014 at 5:48 amI made these last night after dinner was complete; they were so simple to make and incredibly delicious! Lemon is our favorite flavor when it comes to baked goods….so pleased with these and will continue to make them again and again and again and again…. 🙂
Vane
May 28, 2014 at 7:36 pmIs it okay to use powdered sugar without corn starch?
Nicole
December 24, 2016 at 9:14 amThese are so yummy-i got a marriage proposal because of these cookies!!! I’m already married though!