These are a cookie made for my husband if there ever was one.
He loves anything lemon, and my affectionate nickname for him is “Crinkles” due to the way his eyes crinkle when he smiles – he is going to have WAY better wrinkles than me when we’re old.
I know, GAG, right? I am so not a sentimental romantic, and even telling you that made me groan a little inside. Trust me when I say I DON’T DO nicknames (I will only call people by the short form of their name if they specifically introduce themselves that way or I’ve known them since Grade 3), so “Crinkles” is as good as it gets around here. And it never fails to elicit a crinkle-rich smile.
Anyway.
These cookies are not only perfect Carl cookies, they are sure to be a hit with anyone who likes lemon and cookies. After our Lemon White Chocolate Sugar Cookies received a lot of positive feedback, I was eager to try more lemon cookies. These don’t taste too different from those, but don’t have any chocolate chips, giving them a nice consistent chewiness, and they are rolled in sugar for a little extra crunch and sweetness!
The original recipe calls for rolling them only in icing sugar but I rolled them in granulated sugar first because I really love going to the dentist.
Actually, I remembered from my Dark Chocolate Mint Crackle Cookies that rolling the balls in sugar first helped prevent the icing sugar from soaking in while baking. The icing sugar definitely still soaked in quite a bit on these, but the sugar gave them a really nice crunchy texture on the outside, which complemented the soft, chewy middle perfectly. I tried some with just icing sugar, but I preferred the double sugar version. For prettiness, I lightly dusted the tops with a bit of extra icing sugar while they were cooling.
The recipe is barely adapted from Lauren’s Latest, and it’s a prize winner! Try them, and you’ll see why. :)
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar, plus extra for rolling cookies in
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Icing sugar, for rolling cookies in
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla, egg, lemon zest, and lemon juice; mix well.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to wet ingredients and mix just until combined.
- Set up two bowls, one with about ⅓ cup of granulated sugar and one with about ⅓ cup of icing sugar, to roll cookies in.
- Scoop heaping teaspoons of dough and roll into a ball. Coat each ball with granulated sugar, then icing sugar, before placing on baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until set and the cookies are no longer shiny/wet looking.
- Let rest 2 minutes on cookie sheet before removing to cooling rack to cool completely.
I just made these and they are awesome! I rolled them way smaller than yours (I ended up with 53 cookies!), but I only baked them for 8 minutes and they’re perfect. I’ll be making them again for sure.
More cookies are always better! Glad you like them :)
These cookies look nice.. I also would love them :)
Can you use powdered sugar instead of icing sugar for this recipe? I know they are different sugars but will it affect the cookie since it is rolled in the sugar?
I was just wondering because that is what I have handy. I am super excited to try this recipe; lemon cookies are my mom’s favorite.
You definitely can use powdered sugar – the taste will be the same!
What a yummy cookie! I’m having a hard time restraining myself from eating them all!
How delicious! Crinkle cookies are always so pretty! :D
Oh my lemony goodness. These look divine. You had me at lemon.
Absolutely awesome recipe. I love these cookies!
These look like lovely light little lemon clouds! My brother loves lemon anything and would just melt over these! I will have to make them for him next time we are together!
I’m a big fan of lemon in absolutely anything. I’d love to try these crinkles!
Every Spring, I get in a lemony mood and crave all things lemon. These will come in so handy. So pretty too.
These are on my list of cookies to bake too! I made Lauren’s Candy Cane Crinkles at Christmas time and they were phenomenal! Can’t wait to get to these – they seem like such a perfect spring-time recipe!
These look like little bites of sunshine! I love anything lemon and these look super yummy!
I love lemon recipes. Lemon desserts always taste so fresh. I like the combination of tangy and sweet. It`s the best. Powdered sugar is a must too! I`m surprised these cookies don`t use so much lemon. I want to try them
Thanks for sharing
I’m always amazed by how little lemon it takes for major lemon flavour! If you like it even more tart, you could definitely add another tsp of zest.
These are adorable! I would love to have a lemon crinkle cookie. I have been on such a lemon kick lately.
I am so making these! As soon as I have a lemon. I never buy enough lemons!
These sound like they would be so refreshing! And, are those new countertops I see in the pictures?!?
They are new, but they aren’t mine :) I made these downstairs at my in-laws while my kitchen was under construction :)
I love lemon in desserts…made some cookie bars just this week. These sound delicious!
I’ll have to try these out this week – I had them on TMBS and they were so YUM!