Lemon Crisp Cookies

Submitted by graciethebaker

"I received this cookie in a cookie swap this year. These were my favorites of the bunch! I haven't tried these yet, but I think that I will refrigerate the dough and make them into balls. Just to get a more "perfect" looking cookie."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup softened butter
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest, finely grated
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄4 cups flour
• colored crystal sugar, for decorating

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
3. Add egg, lemon zest, juice, vanilla and beat again.
4. In Separate bowl, Sift together Baking powder, baking soda, salt and flour.
5. Add dry ingredients to wet in two batches, until just blended.
6. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Sprinkle with colored sugar.
8. Bake for 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
9. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute then move to a cooling rack.

Reviews

[Dagmar V.]

Very crispy and delicious! I took Kathygok's idea and added lemon thyme out of the garden - it was a great addition. It enhanced the lemon flavor.

 

[janetotton]

These are very nice cookies they were a bit soft in the middle and definitely crispy on the bottom and around the edges. I baked them for 14 minutes to get a nice crispy brown edge. I am tempted to put a frosting on them, but they might lose their crispy texture and will be harder to store.

 

[kathy.bintz]

When the bottoms were nice and brown the texture was the best - combination of crisp and soft. Very lemony and good.

 

[kathygok]

I just made this recipe and loved the results. I added fresh copped lemon thyme leaves from the garden as I am taking them to a plant exchange and thought this would be a nice touch. They are sweet, very lemony, crisp with light brown edges and with the additional thyme leaves, have a very mild flavor of thyme -just what I was hoping for. They came out perfectly round just dropping the dough from a spoon onto the cookie sheet. When making them again, I will lightly grease the cookie sheet or use parchment as they did not just slide right off the pan when done.