These powdered sugar lemon cookies are bursting with lemon flavor and coated with powdered sugar and these soft-baked-bites will just melt in your mouth. These little treats are chewy and gooey, and the crinkle print of the cookies will make you fall in love with them. Enjoy the melt-in-the-mouth cookies with tangy lemon-ish flavor and sweet tartness. Love lemons? Try Lemon Yogurt Cake, Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins, Blueberry Cake with Lemon Glaze and Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Glaze.
Take a medium sized bowl and sift together all-purpose flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Whisk and set aside.
Take a large bowl and combine sugar and lemon zest together until the sugar is fragrant with lemon flavor.
Now add the softened butter to the mixture and beat using an electric mixer until the butter turns pale, light and fluffy.
At this point add in the vanilla, egg and lemon juice to the batter. Make sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl frequently.
Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and beat at slow speed only until just combined.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill it in the fridge for an hour. Check – you want to make sure that the butter presses easily but it does not slide through the dough.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line the baking tray with parchment sheet. You will need two trays.
Using an ice-cream scoop, scoop out the balls, give them a good press on the icing powder.
Place the cookies 2 inches apart on the baking sheet and bake for 10 – 12 minutes until the bottom and edges turn slightly light golden.
Let them sit on the baking tray for 3 – 5 minute until slightly cool. Then transfer the cookies to the cooling wire rack.
Notes
Chilling the Dough: Remember that chilling the dough in the fridge for an hour is crucial for this recipe. If you skip the step, you will get flat cookies that will spread too much with no powdered sugar crinkle effect that we want to achieve.Apply Oil on Hands: While making the balls of the dough just grease your hands a little with a few drops of oil. It will help you to easily handle the batter. Once you make the balls of equal sizes, give it a good roll in the powdered sugar.Infusing Sugar and Lemon Zest: When you rub the sugar and lemon zest, the sugar will get fragrant with lemon flavor as the lemon will infuse its oil. This will ensure an overall strong lemon flavor of the cookies.Do not Overmix: When you combine the dry ingredients in the butter mixtures, make sure you just mix it until it is well-combined. Over-mixing will result in tough cookies.