lemon almond crinkle cookies

How To Make lemon almond crinkle cookies

• 1

  preheat oven to 350. prepare baking sheets with parchment paper. set aside.
• 2

  in the stand of a mixer or a electric mixer combine sugar and lemon zest with your fingertips (by pinching the two together) until sugar is thoroughly coated in lemon.
• 3

  add butter, cream until light and fluffy, 3-5minutes. add in almond extract and eggs. mix until combined.
• 4

  scrape sides down as needed. add salt, baking powder, baking soda and flour. mix until combined. scrape sides of bowl as necessary.
• 5

  pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. scoop 1 tablespoon portions of dough and roll into a ball. roll in powdered sugar until coated.
• 6

  place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough. i make 12 per sheet, but you could easily fit 18.
• 7

  bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookie look matte.
• 8

  remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
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