Name: Soft Lemon Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 75 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup 115g Butter, softened; 3/4 150g Sugar; 1 Egg; 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract; 1 tablespoon Lemon zest; 2 tablespoons Lemon juice; 1½ 190g All-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon Baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon Salt; Powdered sugar for coating

Soft Lemon Cookies Recipe

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These soft lemon cookies are sweet, chewy and full with lemon flavor. If you are into lemon desserts, you are going to love these lemon crinkle cookies. They are easy to make and everyone loves them.

Several round, golden-brown cookies cool on a metal wire rack. The cookies have a slightly cracked surface and a soft, crumbly appearance.

Soft Lemon Cookies Recipe

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Prep Time 1 15

WORK TIME 15

DIFFICULTY Easy

Cuisine World

Servings yields

Ingredients

½ cup 115g Butter, softened
¾ 150g Sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon Lemon zest
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
1½ 190g All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
¼ teaspoon Salt
Powdered sugar for coating

Instructions

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DIRECTIONS
1. In a large bowl place softened butter and sugar, beat until creamy.
2. Add the egg and beat until combined. Add lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla extract and beat until combined.
3. Sift in flour, baking powder and salt. Fold until combined and soft dough is formed (at this stage you also can add yellow gel food coloring). Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
5. Take the dough out of the fridge and shape into small balls. Cover each ball with powdered sugar and arrange them on a baking tray, leaving 2-inches apart.
6. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
7. Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.