Lemon Crinkle Cookies. Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment until creamy. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, lemon extract, lemon zest and juice, and yellow food coloring. Lemon Crinkle Cookies are chewy, soft, and bursting with hints of lemon in every bite! I made these Lemon Crinkle Cookies for a recipe contest and won! Approved by all who taste them, these lemon cookies are soft, but still slightly crunchy, tart, but still really sweet.

I bet you have all the ingredients too. These lemon crinkle cookies are perfect if you love lemon desserts! They take after chocolate crinkle cookies, but are a delightful refreshing lemon flavor sprinkle with powdered sugar. You can have Lemon Crinkle Cookies using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Lemon Crinkle Cookies

It's 1 1/2 Cups of All Purpose Flour.
Prepare 1/2 Cup of Butter softened.
Prepare 1/2 Cup of Sugar.
It's 1/4 tsp of Salt.
It's 1/4 tsp of Baking Powder.
Prepare 1/8 tsp of Baking Soda.
It's 1/2 tsp of Vanilla.
It's 1 of Egg.
It's of Zest of one lemon.
It's 1 Tbsp of Fresh Lemon Juice.
You need of Powdered Sugar for dusting.

These are always a huge hit! These lemon crinkle crinkle cookies are the perfect dessert in the summer, but they also make the perfect holiday cookie in the winter. They're brimming with lemon flavor and have a delicious, soft texture. Spray baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.

Lemon Crinkle Cookies step by step

Preheat oven to 180 degrees centigrade. Grease your baking sheets and set aside. Or cover with parchment paper..
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla, egg, lemon zest and juice. Scrape sides and mix again..
Stir in flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder slowly until just combined. Scrape sides of the bowl and mix again briefly..
Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball and and roll in powdered sugar. Place on the baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough..
Bake for 13-15 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte not melty or shiny. Remove from oven and cool the cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Enjoy..

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Our Best Lemon Crinkle Cookies Recipe is an absolute winner! Crinkle Cookies are one of my all-time favorite holiday cookies. Crinkle cookies are one of my absolute favorite treats for the holidays, and these Lemon Crinkles are one of my oldest recipes and most beloved cookies. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies may be the most popular of all crinkle cookies, but I like this lemon version the most.