Lemon Crinkle Cookies

Lemon Crinkle Cookies

from allrecipes.com
Dessert
90 min
24 servings
114 kcal / serving

These lemon crinkle cookies are soft and chewy, full of tangy lemon flavor, and coated in powdered sugar before baking for that classic crinkled look!

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cupsall-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoonbaking powder
  • ¼ teaspoonsalt
  • ⅛ teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1 cupwhite sugar
  • ½ cupbutter, softened
  • 1egg
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoonlemon extract
  • 1lemon, zested and juiced
  • 1 dropyellow food coloring, or as desired
  • ¾ cuppowdered sugar

Directions

  1. 1

    Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a medium bowl. Set aside.

  2. 2

    Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment until creamy. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, lemon extract, lemon zest and juice, and yellow food coloring. Scrape down sides of bowl; beat to combine. Add flour mixture; beat until just combined.

  3. 3

    Cover bowl with plastic wrap; refrigerate cookie dough for 1 hour.

  4. 4

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

  5. 5

    Drop dough using a cookie scoop or spoon into approximate 1 ½-inch rounds; slightly flatten to ½-inch thickness.

  6. 6

    Place confectioners' sugar in a shallow bowl; add flattened cookie rounds to coat thoroughly. Remove with a fork or spoon; place on the prepared baking sheet.

  7. 7

    Bake in the preheated oven until cookies no longer glossy and have a matte look, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool briefly on baking sheets; transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.