Lemon Crinkle Cookies 2.0

As a general rule - I'm anti wrinkles. 🤣  I buy makeup to cover up the ones I already have and creams prevent new ones from showing up. My laugh lines are an exception - those are signs of a life well lived and I display those proudly.😁   Other than smiling, the only other time I'm excited to see wrinkles is when I'm baking cookies.😅 

Unlike me, there are certain cookies that look even better when they're covered in crinkles and wrinkles.😂  I've had a recipe for Lemon Crinkle Cookies on my blog since 2014 but I wasn't really happy with it.  In short: they just weren't wrinkly enough.😅  Hello, Lemon Crinkle Cookies 2.0 - full of wrinkles and bursting with bright, lemon flavor. 🍋 ​

I had 4 lemons ripen on my meyer lemon tree last year and I was very deliberate in how I used them. I felt like they deserved to be used in only the most special recipes.  Honestly, if I added up the amount of money that I spent on fertilizer, water and paying my plant sitters when I'm out of town - I could have bought a whole crate of lemons for what it cost me to grow 4 lemons.🤣  But it's not about the cost - it's about the pride that I have in growing my own citrus fruit.😬  ​ That's my story and I'm sticking to it.🤣 

Lemon Crinkle Cookies meet all of the necessary requirements to use 1 of my precious my home grown lemons.  They're delicious and light AND ... they're full of crinkles and wrinkles.  

Lemon Crinkle Cookies 2.0
2 and 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened 
1 cup + 2 Tablespoons sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 Tablespoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla

For Rolling
3 Tablespoons sugar 
1 cup powdered sugar

​Cream together butter and sugar. 

Beat in egg, vanilla, lemon zest and juice.

Slowly add flour, cornstarch, salt and baking soda.  

Refrigerate dough 3-36 hours. 

Scoop dough into balls.  Flatten into disks.

Roll dough in granulated sugar. 

Roll each ball 2-3 times in powdered sugar. 

Place on silpat lined baking sheets.  

Bake 12-13 minutes at 350.  

Ciao!

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