Sugar Cookies

"Found at http://mennonitegirlscancook.blogspot.com, this is a delicious, simple cookie. I didn't have any lemon peel, so I omitted it, but I could still taste the faint hint of lemon flavour from the juice. I underbaked these just a little so they'd stay chewy."
 
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photo by Swan Valley Tammi photo by Swan Valley Tammi
photo by Swan Valley Tammi
Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
11
Yields:
3 dozen (approximate; depends on size)
Serves:
36
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ingredients

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directions

  • Beat butter and sugar until smooth and fluffy.
  • Add egg, vanilla, lemon juice and grated lemon peel. Mix well.
  • Stir together dry ingredients in a small bowl and add gradually to the creamed mixture until well blended.
  • Form rounded tsp of dough into balls and roll in sugar (if you use coarse sugar, it will look more "sparkly!").
  • Bake in preheated oven at 350F for 8-10 minutes, just until lightly browned on the bottom. (this makes a soft, chewy cookie; if you want crispier, bake until they're lightly browned on top.).
  • Allow to cool on pan slightly before removing to cooling rack.

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Reviews

  1. OKay so this recipe came out well. On my part, I actually halved the recipe and it gave me exactly 18 cookies. I made the mistake of adding in the full amount of baking soda and powder, but that didn't stop the recipe from tasting good. The cookies were just loafier(more soft inside). I use Country Crock in all my recipes and to grease my pans. So the bottom of the cookies had a nice salty taste to them. And in this recipe, I used lemonade from Chef John on allrecipes and I don't think it really hindered how they came out. Since I used country crook it wasn't rollable but still came out normal. I'm going to make a full batch but in halves. One with the full amount of leavening and another with the proper half amount. I'll also try to post the pictures. Also, I'm going to add a teaspoon of cornstarch to a part of one of the batters or another time.
     
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