Lemon Crinkle Cookies

Lemon Crinkle Cookies

 

 Well Its been awhile since I've added any recipes. However I have tried a few new ones. I decided to try these because they won the best cookie in a best cookie contest. Well they were pretty darn good and really easy to make. Of course since I love to cook and bake but hate to gain a ton of weight I had to bring these to work. They went over pretty well. I hate having any left over but this time I wanted a couple to bring home to my little boy so a grabbed the pan before they were all gone. Only I don't think people were done because they kept coming to my desk to get just one more. I loved it. It makes me happy when people actually like what I make. I did end up
 taking mason two home which made me happy and Mason happy. 

Lemon Crinkle Cookies
Makes 2-3 dozen

Ingredients:
½ cups butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 whole egg
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
¼ teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoons baking powder
⅛ teaspoons baking soda
1-½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cups powdered sugar


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.

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 {not melty or shiny}. Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

*If using a non-stick darker baking tray, reduce baking time by about 2 minutes.



source: http://www.laurenslatest.com/lemon-crinkle-cookies/