This recipe won LDS Living's cookie recipe contest several months ago. I tried it recently and regretted not making a double batch. A single recipe makes 2-3 dozen small 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
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.
When I see a good cookie recipe, I always ask if it is a high-altitude recipe. Cookies are treacherous in SLC. For any who might be interested, Annie discovered that this recipe was from a lady close to sea level. I think I will try these and try to tweak a bit. Thanks, Annie.
ReplyDeleteHere's to living at sea level. I'm making these tomorrow when we have a student couple coming for dinner. I'll give a review after we eat them. Thanks for the recipe Annie.
ReplyDeleteEat the cookies, not the students :)
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