Lemon Cookies
An Old Fashioned Lemon Cookie
Equipment
- Cookie Sheet
Ingredients
Beat and Cream Together:
- 3/4 C Butter Softened
- 3/4 C Sugar
- 1 Egg Well Beaten
- 3 Tbs Lemon Juice
- Zest From One Lemon Grated
Sift and Add To Beaten Egg/Butter Mixture:
- 1 1/2 C Cake Flour Add more if the batter is thin *See Step 3*
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 Raisins-chopped Optional
Instructions
- Cream butter & sugar. Add egg, then add lemon juice and zest.
- Sift flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to the sugar/butter mixture and mix until blended. Add raisins (optional).
- If batter is thin, add ¼ C more flour or more to thicken it to a cookie dough consistency.
- With an ice-cream scoop, scoop even portions out on to a lined baking sheet. You can use baking spray.
- Lightly press cookies down with powdered sugar fingertips and shake additional powdered sugar on them.
- Bake at 425° Timing: Will vary! Check after 10 minutes. If done take them out. Mine took approximately 15 minutes. Turn the cookies halfway through for an even bake at 7 minutes then cooked them for an additional 8 minutes to get the timing down. The batter’s consistency will have everything to do with the timing. They will be a light golden colored on the edges with little cracks on the tops.
- Cool completely and shake more powdered sugar on top if desired.
- These should be slightly crisp on the bottom and have a medium dense cake-like texture inside. So Good they melt in your mouth! Great for coffee or tea.
- Store in an air tight containter. Best when eaten in a day or so.
Notes
- *Note: This recipe is from an old cookbook and revised a bit for our modern ovens. The flour portion may vary with your oven temperature. Adding an additional ¼ c flour thickened the batter up enough for this bake. It was not rolled out as the original recipe states as the batter was still thin. It is rather a slightly cake-like batter and better suited to use a scoop.
Recipe adapted from:
The Household Searchlight Recipe Book dated 1937.
Nutrition
Serving: 24Sodium: 100.96mgCalcium: 9.53mgVitamin A: 187.17IUSugar: 6.27gFiber: 0.19gPotassium: 12.04mgCholesterol: 22.07mgCalories: 105.93kcalSaturated Fat: 3.72gFat: 6.06gProtein: 1.23gCarbohydrates: 11.96gIron: 0.11mg
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