Lemon Crinkle Cookies
What are lemon crinkle cookies like ? As you have read … wrinkled! But beyond their appearance (which is not so easy to achieve) they are crunchy, rich, with a citrus flavor. Perfect to entertain your friends or family at the next snack!
Lemon Crinkle Cookies Recipe
The name may not excite you very much, but don’t be fooled by appearances: they are delicious. They are actually cracked cookies that they have decided to call wrinkled. An ideal excuse to prepare them and invite whoever you want home.
Ingredients:
- 120g butter
- 170 g sugar
- 1 egg
- The zest of 2 lemons
- 10 ml of vanilla essence
- 1 pinch of salt
- 5 g of baking powder
- 5 g of baking soda
- The juice of half a lemon
- 200 g of flour
- Necessary amount of icing sugar
Utensils:
- Electric rods
- Grater
- Squeezer
- Sieve
- Container
- Cloth
- Circular oven mold
- Serving tray
preparation:
Beat the butter using electric stirrers. Also add the sugar and continue beating for a few minutes. Add the egg and the vanilla essence while stirring. Grate the peel and squeeze the lemon juice. Add both to the preparation and mix a little more. Reserve for an instant.
Sift together the sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add to the previous mixture and stir in an enveloping way until obtaining a homogeneous mass. Put in a container floured around the edges and cover with a cloth for 20 minutes to light a little.
After that time, it forms balls of about 25 grams each. Turn the oven to 180 ° C. Put the cookies in a circular or round mold suitable for the oven (do not forget to grease and flour before so that they do not stick to you).
Coat with the icing sugar and cook for 14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool on the rack. When they are warm you can go to a tray. Prepare the drink that will accompany this special afternoon, a coffee or herbal tea with lemon are perfect options.
Data of interest:
- Difficulty level: easy
- Preparation time: 50 minutes
- Tips: it is not necessary that each cookie weighs the same, if they are of similar size it is enough. Do not arrange them too close together when baking, because with heat and cooking they expand a lot and can stick together.
Another option for making mocha flavored crinkle cookies
Some know this recipe as crinckles cookies . A somewhat complicated name to say without being confused … but what is really unmistakable is its original and very rich flavor. They are made with cream, cocoa and coffee and are popular at Christmas in the United States. Do you dare to prepare them? Keep reading then:
Ingredients:
- 150 g of brown sugar
- 120 ml of vegetable oil
- 60 ml sour cream
- 1 egg
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- 210 g of flour
- 75 g of bitter cocoa
- 2 tablespoons of soluble coffee
- 1 tablespoon of baking soda
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of ground black pepper
- 150 g icing sugar to coat
Utensils:
- Electric rods
- Containers
- Sieve
- Spatula
- Film paper
- Ice-cream spoon
- Circular oven mold
- Serving tray
preparation:
Beat the sugar with the oil. Add the cream, the egg and the vanilla essence while stirring. Mix for about 5 minutes and reserve. Take care of the dry ingredients now: sift in the flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, and coffee. Add the ground pepper. Integrate everything very well.
Combine the solid with the liquid in a large container and stir to form a homogeneous mass. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rest for about 4 hours in the fridge, until it is firm. After that time, form balls with the ice cream spoon. Round with your hands.
Arrange on a greased and floured tray. Turn the oven to 180 ° C. Sprinkle icing sugar on all cookies.
Cook for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and put on the rack to cool. If you can wait 20 minutes for them to cool completely, so much the better … that way you don’t burn your fingers or your tongue!
Data of interest:
- Difficulty level: easy
- Preparation time: 30 minutes + 4 hours in the fridge.
- Tips: instead of plastic wrap you can use a cloth so that the dough increases its size. To make it easier for you to round your cookies, you can put a little oil or warm water on your hands.
Do not leave them in the oven for more than 10 minutes because otherwise they will be very hard. The objective is that they are cooked but that the interior is creamy.
