Lemon Crinkle Cookies

 My sister-in-law, Mandy has a huge lemon tree in her yard. I mean huge. Seriously, there are hundreds of lemons on it. So, there will be lots of lemon recipes to try. Too bad most recipes don't call for very many lemons!

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 whole egg

1 tsp lemon zest

1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice- I just used one entire lemon, zest + juice

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup powdered sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray and set aside. {I used a baking mat}

2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.  Whip in vanilla, egg, lemon zest, and juice.  Scrape sides and mix again.  Stir in all dry ingredients slowly until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar.  Scrape sides of bowl and mix again, briefly. Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate.  Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in the powdered sugar.  Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.

Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte (not melted or shiny).  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.

from Aunt Cindy