Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Chewy Lemon Cookies {these are SO addictive!}


I love lemon anything.
And these cookies were so delicious.
They were literally gone in two days.
I have added them to my list of favorite cookies!


Chewy Lemon Cookies

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
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. 

2 comments:

  1. great recipe! ive used this for 2 parties and people cant seem to get enough. thank you.. the only thing is that maybe too much lemon zest... just a tad less.

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  2. Saw this and dragged my laptop to the kitchen, NO TIME TO PRINT! Must make NOW!

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