Community Pick
Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies
photo by L N.4989
- Ready In:
- 52mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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12 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 1 3⁄4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
directions
- Mix sugar and butter in large bowl until fluffy.
- Add milk, lemon rind, vanilla and egg; mix well.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; mix well.
- Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
- Heat oven to 375°.
- Mix the 2 Tbsp sugar with the cinnamon.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
- Roll in the cinnamon mixture.
- Place 2-inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 7-10 minutes, or until light brown.
- Cool for 1 minute before removing from pan.
Questions & Replies
Reviews
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One great cookie! I followed the recipe...except I used a little less sugar and added the cinnamon to the dough. ;) I'm going to play with this one and try to get the calorie count down so I can make them more often. The spices and lemon zest make this a stand above the crowd, cookie. <br/>Made for MizzNezz's cook-a-thon. Stay strong girl.
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These were really good cookies! I am so happy to find a 100% whole wheat cookie recipe that my family will eat without question. I used white whole wheat flour, because of its milder flavor, and my hubby was so disappointed when the cookies were gone. A few comments I have is that I'm not sure I'd call them "sugar cookies", because of the spices involved, and the fact that cinnamon is included in the sugar coating (kinda like a snickerdoodle w/lemon flavor). Whatever you decide to call them, they are good. I know that these will be requested very soon, because whenever I can find one recipe that all 8 (yes, eight!) of us agree on, I know I've found a winner! Thanks so much!
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Best sugar cookies ever. Very simple recipe. Followed ingredient list except the cinnamon. The nutmeg gives it a really nice flavor so it should not be left out. I did sub turbinado sugar for the regular sugar and I didnt use the full cup; I think it was more like close to 3/4 but not quite as I didnt want my daughter having too much sugar. She used cutters and rolled them out and cut them pretty much by herself. The texture is great; not cakey but not rock hard either; more like an inbetween chewey/soft texture. I liked that they were not too sweet but it didnt taste like I cut back on the sugar at all. We left some plain and covered some with sprinkles. Cannot imagine making a different recipe with this being much healthier. Thanks for sharing!
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MizzNezz
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After DH and I moved away from the farm, and to the city...I haven't done as much cooking and very little canning. But I do come to Zaar and look for new recipes once in a while. I'm still cooking Zaar!!
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