(Experiment 282) Lemon crinkle cookies

These lemon cookies aren’t just good to eat, they also fill your entire house with the most incredible citrus smell while they bake. There’s something about that smell hitting you the moment you walk through the door that just makes a house feel like home.

Making the dough itself is pretty straightforward, but nailing the actual bake time is where the real skill comes in. Pull them out too early and they fall apart, too late and you lose that soft center everyone loves. The perfect lemon crinkle cookie should be soft and tender inside, with just a light crunch on the outside to give it that satisfying bite.

Get your oven on and let’s start baking.

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(Experiment 282) Lemon crinkle cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 lemon zest
• 1/2 lemon juice
• dash vanilla extract
• dash of salt
• 150 g sugar
• 230 g all-purpose flour
• ~1/2cup icing sugar
• 110 g butter room temperature
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 egg

Instructions

• In a bowl combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Reserve
• Whip the butter in a stand mixer bowl using the leaf attachment. Add all the sugar and mix until combined. You will want to scrape the bowl midway so it doesn’t clump.
• Add the egg, lemon zest+juice and vanilla extract to the mix. Mix for a minute
• Add half the flour and mix on low speed for a minute. Once combined, add the remaining flour. Mix until combined, do not overmix.
• Transfer the dough to a plastic film and put it in the refrigerator for an hour (ideally 2).
• Preheat oven to 375F
• Transfer the icing sugar into a bowl
• It’s now time to ball up the dough. Each cookie needs about 1 tablespoon of dough. Shape each piece into a ball. Dip each ball into the icing sugar and ensure it’s fully coated. While you don’t want to remove the coating, I strongly advise against leaving vast clumps of icing sugar as it will turn “wet”
• Transfer the ball unto a baking tray covered with parchment paper. Make sure they are at least 2″ apart. Even a tad more is preferable.
• Bake until the edge starts to brown a little ( in my oven its about 10 minutes )
• Transfert to wire rack

Notes

Store in an airtight container