Lemon Crinkle Cookies

A group of fun ladies and I did a cookie exchange. I wanted to try something new. I found this recipe for Lemon Crinkle Cookies on the LDSliving website. This recipe won their cookie recipe contest. The woman that won happens to live in Hood River, Oregon so I kind of felt biased immediately towards these cookies ;).

What you will need:

• 1/2 C. butter softened
• 1 C. granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. lemon zest
• 1 T fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 1/2 C. flour
• 1/2 C. powdered sugar

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Spray your cookie sheet with non-stick spray, or use a dark non-stick cookie sheet
• In large bowl, mix together butter and sugar
• Add in vanilla, egg and lemon zest and mix together
• Add in fresh lemon juice and mix together
• Add in the dry ingredients and mix all together until creamy and smooth
• Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball (I made them more like tablespoon size) and roll around in the powdered sugar, coating the ball
• Place onto cookie sheet and bake 9-11 minutes (if you are using a non-stick cookie sheet decrease baking time by about 2 minutes) or until sides just start to brown and the tops of the cookies have lost their shine
• Remove from oven and let cool 3 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack

**After all of my ingredients were mixed together, the dough still looked a little dry, so I added in more fresh lemon juice little by little until it was more of a creamy texture and it did not effect the taste of the cookie**