Ingredients

• 0.75 cups white sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 0.5 teaspoons ground turmeric
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.75 teaspoons baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.75 cups confectioner's sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Combine white sugar and lemon zest in a small bowl, and rub lemon zest into sugar with your fingertips or the back of a spoon until sugar is moist and pale yellow; set aside.
2. 2 Whisk olive oil and turmeric together in a large bowl; let stand for about 1 minute. Whisk in sugar mixture, cream cheese, egg, and vanilla extract and continue whisking until very smooth and light, 2 to 3 minutes. Whisk in baking soda and salt.
3. 3 Add flour; mix with a spatula just until flour disappears. Cover and refrigerate until dough firms up and is no longer sticky, at least 30 minutes and up to overnight.
4. 4 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment. Place confectioner's sugar in a shallow bowl.
5. 5 Scoop dough with a cookie scoop (1 1/2 tablespoon); drop each cookie in confectioner's sugar and roll gently to coat generously with sugar. Add each cookie ball to the prepared baking sheets, spaced well apart.
6. 6 Bake in the preheated oven until very crinkly and slightly golden on the bottom, 13 to 15 minutes. Tops should look fairly dry. Cool completely on the pan before serving.

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