Lemon Crinkle Cookies Recipe

A little while ago, my mom hosted some of her friends for a nice dinner party. Because I had a conflict with my job, I could not attend, so she asked me to bake a desert. I looked around for a recipe on the internet for a while, and because it was still summer, I wanted to make a recipe I found for a lemonade sheet cake. However, my mom said this would be too hard for me considering my baking experience, so I settled on a recipe for lemon crinkle cookies. When my mom served my cookies to her friends, they loved them. I think that they are just the right amount of sweet and are nicely lemon-flavored, but not too sour. So, if you're looking for some good cookies to impress your mom’s friends, here’s a recipe:

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:

Dough:

Preheat the oven to 350˚ F and grease baking sheets with non stick spray.

In a large bowl, mix the butter (slightly melted) and sugar at a medium speed until fluffy.

Next, add in the vanilla extract, the egg, the lemon zest, and the lemon juice. Mix after each addition.

In a smaller bowl, mix the salt, flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Then stir slowly in with the ingredients in the larger bowl.

Preparation:

Spread the powdered sugar evenly around a large plate.

Roll heaping teaspoons of the dough into balls, and coat them evenly with a thin layer of the powdered sugar by rolling them around the plate individually.

Place completed balls of dough on the baking sheets about 2 inches apart.

Bake for 9-11 minutes.

When done, the cookies should appear matte and have slightly brown bottoms.

Ingredients and image from http://www.laurenslatest.com/lemon-crinkle-cookies/