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Home » Recipe Index » Dessert: Cookies » Easy Lemon Crinkle Cookies Recipe

Easy Lemon Crinkle Cookies Recipe

May 13, 2014 by Kara Cook 9 Comments

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These sweet and tart Lemon Crinkle Cookies use simple ingredients, are easy to make, and taste fantastic! If you love lemon, they are a must try cookie recipe!

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I love and adore lemon treats. I don’t make them very often though, because my family doesn’t share my passion for all things lemon. I’ve had this recipe for Lemon Cookies pinned for ages, but I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to share them, because I can’t be stuck finishing off an entire batch of lemon cookies. Not that I couldn’t do it. . . I just shouldn’t!

A couple weeks ago I helped with teacher appreciation, and needed to make 6 dozen cookies. A perfect opportunity to try a few new cookie recipes. I made some peanut butter kiss cookies, and these lovely lemon cookies. You guys, these cookies are amazing! If you like lemon, you will love them! stack of lemon crinkle cookies with one in frontThey are soft and chewy, with a great lemon flavor. The original recipe only called for 1 teaspoon of lemon zest, but I upped it because I love lemon flavor. They were not at all overpowering though. I thought they were perfectly lemony! tall stack of lemon crinkle cookies on a white tableThere was a huge assortment of goodies, but I saw a few of the teachers coming back for seconds after they tasted one. 🙂 overhead shot of a lemon crackle cookie with a bite taken out of it

RECIPES FOR LEMON FANS:

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  • Mini Lemon Cakes
  • Lemon Pound Cake Recipe
  • Easy Lemon Pull Aparts
  • Lemon Brownies
  • Lemon Poppy Seed Zucchini Bread

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LEMON CRINKLE COOKIES

Yield: 2 1/2 dozen

Easy Lemon Cookies

lemon-cookies

Tangy chewy cookies with plenty of lemon flavor and a crunchy sugar coating.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon zest
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar for rolling

Instructions

  1. Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Beat in vanilla, egg, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
  2. Add flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Stir till well combined.
  3. Roll dough in 1" balls, then roll in powdered sugar. Place on lightly greased baking sheets.
  4. Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes, or till set and crackly. After a couple minutes, remove to cooling racks to cool completely.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

30

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 145Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 93mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 0gSugar: 12gProtein: 2g
© Kara
Cuisine: American / Category: Dessert: Cookies
Recipe adapted from LDS Living.

Filed Under: Dessert: Cookies, Recipe Index Tagged With: lemon

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  1. Shelley

    April 20, 2020 at 10:22 am

    Next time I will add more lemon zest and juice. Not a lot of lemon flavor Still delicious

    Reply
  2. Frederick Souza

    July 29, 2017 at 2:57 pm

    have you ever thought to maybe put white chocolate chips in these? The very first cookie I ever made (and the first foray into baking) was about 60 years ago, and it was a lemon chip cookie (I don’t know why they stopped making these wonderful little morsels, but I loved them and chocolate chip cookies), and I thought this might be really good with the white chocolate chips in them…either way, I am going to make these tomorrow, and probably throw some white chips into half the batter.

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      August 7, 2017 at 4:25 pm

      I love white chocolate, so I will have to try that addition. Sounds delicious!

      Reply
  3. Juliana

    May 5, 2015 at 12:34 am

    Do you think these would be good with frosting?

    Reply
  4. Laura

    May 19, 2014 at 1:51 pm

    I love everything lemon and these look wonderful! I am featuring you from The Creative Exchange. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Amy | The Happy Scraps

    May 19, 2014 at 9:14 am

    These look and sound so delicious! Pinning these so I can make them for my boys, they would love them. 🙂 Thank you for linking up!

    Reply
    • Kara

      May 20, 2014 at 8:15 am

      Looking forward to more of your fun linky parties!

      Reply
  6. Heidi N

    May 15, 2014 at 9:43 am

    Looks tasty. I think they would be good with some white chocolate chips too 🙂

    Reply
    • Kara

      May 16, 2014 at 5:51 pm

      That would be good! I thought of drizzling them with melted white chocolate, but didn’t have time. They didn’t really need it though. I still loved them!

      Reply

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