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Zesty Lemon Snickerdoodles

Total Time
57 min
18m prep · 39m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

These cookies bake crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, with a delicious citrus twist and a crunchy cinnamon-sugar coat. An absolute Christmas killer! They smell absolutely heavenly when being baked. Fairly easy to make and the kids will love rolling them in the cinnamon-sugar before you bake them! Excellent with hot tea, milk, and coffee. They're great for dipping and stay crispy after dunking!

Ingredients

  • 1.25 cups white sugar
  • 0.75 cups salted butter , softened
  • 0.25 cups vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs yolks
  • 3 tablespoons lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 0.5 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets and set aside.

  2. 2

    Beat 1 1/4 cups sugar, butter, and oil together until creamy. Beat in the egg yolks, lemon zest, and vanilla.

  3. 3

    Combine flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar in a separate bowl. Sift until combined. Add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture in 2 batches, stirring with a wooden spoon until just combined.

  4. 4

    Mix 2 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a small bowl. Shape the cookie dough into walnut-sized balls and roll them in the sugar mixture until thoroughly coated. Space cookies 2 inches apart on the baking sheets.

  5. 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the snickerdoodles to cool on the baking sheets for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.

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