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Lemon Cookies Edit Tags: Cookies, Desserts
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Author: Paula Tibbitts
Uploaded By: Shelly
Ingredients:- ½ c. butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ t. vanilla
- 1 whole egg
- 1 t. lemon zest
- 1 T. fresh lemon juice
- ¼ t. salt
- ¼ t. baking powder
- â…› t. baking soda
- 1 and ½ c. flour
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Directions:
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Preheat oven to 350, grease light colored baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray
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In large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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Whip in vanilla, egg, lemon zest, and juice, scrape sides and mix again.
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Stir in dry ingredients slowly until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar.
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Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate.
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Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in powd sugar.
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Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.
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Bake for 9-11 mins or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte (not melty or shiny). Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 mins before transferring to cooling rack.
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Makes about 2 dozen.
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Note: even my small cookie scoop sized cookies need about 10 minutes to cook.
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If using a non-stick darker baking tray, reduce baking time by about 2 mins.
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