Lemon Crinkle Cookies
Makes 2-3 dozen
Ingredients:
½ cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
½ tsp .vanilla extract
1 whole egg
1 tsp. lemon zest
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
¼ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. baking soda
1½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cups powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray or use parchment paper - my favorite -and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla, egg, lemon zest, and juice. Scrape sides and mix again. Stir in all dry ingredients except the powdered sugar until combined. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again briefly. Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll a teaspoon sized ball of dough into a bowl with the powdered sugar, roll to coat. Place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper and repeat with remaining dough.
Bake for 8-9 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte. 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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Candied Lemon peel
1 lemon
1/3 c water
1/3 c sugar
Using a peeler carefully peel off thin strips of lemon peel trying to only get the yellow & very little if any white. Trim the strips into desired width & length.
In a small saucepan bring the water to a boil. Add the lemon peels & allow them to boil for 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the peels from the water.
Stir the sugar into the water & bring it back to a boil. Return the lemon peels to the pan & cook until translucent. Take the peels from the sugar water (I would recommend using tongs or a strainer) & roll them in 2 TBS granulated sugar and allow to cool & dry completely. When cool chop them into smaller pieces To garnish the cupcake.
Top your cupcake with a smaller amount of "Lightly Lemon Butter Cream"
"Lightly Lemon Butter Cream"
Use your favorite buttercream recipe and add
-Add
1 Tsp Lemon Zest
½ tsp Lemon Juice
Then top with a cookie and a dollop of lemon Butter cream and sprinkle the candied Lemon peel on top.
You can make the candied Lemon Peel and the cookies the day before you are planning to make the cupcakes. If the candied Lemon Crinkle Cookies or just grate lemon on top of your cookies.
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