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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Lemon Crinkle Cookies

I went to the gym yesterday evening. Anyone else ever done that before? Worst decision EVER. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, then you know I usually go in the mornings. Well, we had some snow fall and apparently everything in this little town shuts down because no one knows how to plow. {It’s kind of a pet peeve of mine–cities that are clueless when it comes to snow removal. It started in Idaho and just snowballed from there. Hahaha…..get it? Snowballed? I’m so witty.} Anyways, I couldn’t get to the gym in the morning, so I went to the gym last night. And then I got home and was starving. Like when you’re 4 months pregnant and you just got your appetite back starving. And so I ate cookies. And then I ate some more cookies. And then took some vitamins for good measure. And some water. And then everything was right in the world.

Oh, and just to clear things up, I’m not 4 months pregnant. I’m not pregnant at all. But I do enjoy most food like I should be pregnant. Namely, these cookies.

I think we all can agree that I am a lemon freak. I love love love lemon ridiculously. It’s in the genes. My Mom is the same way. {I also inherited a crazy addiction to mushrooms and a specific way to fold towels and bed sheets. But that’s another story.} Lemon and I are buddies, especially when it comes to desserts– my thighs can prove it. I recently made a Lemon Cream Pie–to die for. Blueberry Lemon Coffee Cake Muffins? Oh mama. But these cookies……ohmygoodgravy–they caught me at a moment of weakness and I ate them up. They are soft, but still slightly crunchy, tart, but still really sweet and basically just the essence of what a good cookie should be. Oh, and fresh out of the oven they tasted like lemon bars. Random but so delicious. If I owned a bake shop, I would make and sell these in a heart beat. Seriously.Good.Cookies. Whip up a batch right now. Call in sick to work and make them. I even bet you have all the ingredients too. Easy to make, simple ingredients, done in 30 minutes and they just walk right into your mouth! Pretty incredible.

Run, don’t walk to your kitchen.

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Lemon Crinkles

Won a fun little contest with these babies! They are simple and so so yummy!

Yield: 2-3 dozen

Prep Time: 20 min

Cook Time: 10 min

Total Time: 30 min

Ingredients:

½ cups Butter, Softened
1 cup Granulated Sugar
½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1 whole Egg
1 teaspoon Lemon Zest
1 Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
¼ teaspoons Salt
¼ teaspoons Baking Powder
⅛ teaspoons Baking Soda
1-½ cup All-purpose Flour
½ cups Powdered Sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non stick cooking spray and set aside.

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 all dry ingredients slowly until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again briefly. Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in powdered sugar. Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.

Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte {not melty or shiny}. Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

*If using a non stick darker baking tray, reduce baking time by about 2 minutes.

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