SPRING LEMON CRINKLE COOKIES

Spring Lemon Crinkle Cookies are packed with amazing lemon flavor and are vibrant and festive colors! Made to be sweet and crisp on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside, these lemon crinkle cookies are perfect for the Spring season.

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Chill2

Total Time2 25

Course: Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: SPRING LEMON CRINKLE COOKIES

Servings: cookies

Calories: 159kcal

Author: Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

1 cup Salted Butter softened
2 cups Granulated Sugar
4 Large Eggs
4 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
4 Tablespoons Lemon Zest
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
4 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour
Food Coloring - Pink, Blue, Yellow
½-1 cup Powdered Sugar to roll the cookie dough in

Instructions

Cookie Dough

In a large mixing bowl, combine and cream together the butter and granulated sugar.
Then, add in the eggs and mix together until fluffy.
Next, add the lemon juice and lemon zest and stir until fully incorporated.
After that, stir in the baking powder until well mixed.
Now it is time to mix in the flour, complete this in three batches, mixing well between each until fully combined.

Coloring

Proceed to divide the dough into 4 equal sized portions.
Then, using food coloring, tint each portion a different shade. Make one pink, one yellow, one blue, and one purple, perfect spring colors!

Chill Time

To achieve the best and tastiest results, place all the dough balls into the fridge to chill for 2 hours.

Bake

Begin preheating the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a small bowl, pour the powder sugar to prepare for rolling the dough in.
Then, pull your cookie dough from the fridge and scoop your into 1-inch sized balls and roll them into powdered sugar until well coated.
Place each ball onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes.
Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes, serve and enjoy!

Notes

Spring Lemon Crinkle Cookies are a fun family treat to make for the Easter holiday or just to enjoy on the weekend. These lemon crinkle cookies are perfect for so many occasions, whip up a batch and see how quickly they disappear.

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