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Published: Dec 11, 2018 · Modified: Feb 5, 2020 by Zerrin & Yusuf

Lemon Crinkle Cookies From Scratch

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Lemon Crinkle Cookies From Scratch are wonderfully tart and sweet. You will be delighted by a refreshing lemony flavor in each bite. These are slightly chewy on the outside and soft on the inside. No food coloring in these cookies! Their bright yellow color is completely natural thanks to a secret healthy ingredient. Read on if you get curious.

Love lemon flavored cookies? Check out the easiest lemon cake mix cookies, lemon meltaways cookies too!

Lemon crinkle cookies on a white plate with a cup of coffee on the side.

On my first try, I was impressed with the taste of these lemon crinkle cookies but disappointed with their pale color. They should have come out with a bright yellow color to give a fresh feeling. But without a food coloring. I knew how to succeed this: With a little turmeric. It’s been my favorite ingredient to give a natural yellow color to what I make. You don’t taste it in baked goods at all. Not to mention its health benefits.

Although lemon is one of my favorite summer foods in the form of homemade lemon ice cream, I wanted to use it in our cookie baking this time.

Hands showing the inside of a lemon crinkle cookie

Ingredients

This is a recipe from scratch, but don’t worry. These lemon cookies are really easy to make. As almost all yummy cookie recipes, this one calls for butter at room temperature too. Besides butter, we need

  • Lemon zest
  • Sugar
  • Eggs
  • Lemon juice
  • All purpose flour
  • Cornstarch
  • Turmeric powder
  • Salt
  • Baking powder
  • Powdered sugar

You can try our cake mix lemon cookies if you are looking for a shortcut. Cake mixes are always great shortcuts.

On the other hand, you don't need to worry about making these cookies from scratch. This recipe is as easy and straightforward as lemon crinkle cookies using cake mix.

Hands wrapping lemon crinkle cookies photographed with a plate of cookies and a cup of coffee on the side

How To Make

This lemon crinkle cookies recipe is no different from any chewy cookie recipe.

First, prepare the wet mixture, starting with creaming butter, sugar and lemon zest. Continue with adding lemon juice and eggs.

Second, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, turmeric powder, salt and baking powder. Gradually pour this into the wet mixture and combine well.

Third, as most of the chewy cookie recipes, this one requires chilling too. Chill the dough at least 1 hour. It is easier to roll the dough into balls when chilled. Otherwise, it will be sticky.

Fourth, scoop the dough out of the bowl, roll into a ball, roll the ball in the powdered sugar and place on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat for the remaining dough.

Finally, bake the cookie balls at preheated oven for 13-14 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes and then transfer on a wire rack to cool completely.

Can You Freeze These?

Yes! You can freeze these cookies in an airtight container up to 2 months. Cookie dough freeze well too. Roll the cookie dough in balls and then freeze. When you want to bake, you can roll them in powdered sugar and then bake frozen for 16 minutes.

How To Enrich

If you want a richer taste, make your lemon crinkle cookies with cream cheese. You can add one 8-ounce package cream cheese in the cookie dough. The amounts of the flour and sugar will be different then. You need to increase the measurement of sugar to 1 cup (or even a little more if you like it really sweet) and the flour to 2 and ¼ cups.

Another way to enrich these lemon cookies is to make a sprinkles cream cheese frosting recipe and spread it on the cookies.

Other Lemon Recipes

  • How To Make Lemon Jam
  • Kefir Cake Recipe With Lemon
  • Lemon Jam Cookies
  • Lemon Poppyseed Bundt Cake

Other Edible Gift Ideas

  • Chocolate Brownie Cookies With Orange Zest
  • Lemon Meltaway Cookies
  • Melting Moments Cookies Video
  • Basic Homemade Cake Mix

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Lemon Crinkle Cookies From Scratch

Lemon crinkle cookies on a white plate with a cup of coffee on the side.
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Lemon crinkle cookies from scratch. Slightly chewy on the outside and soft on the inside. Naturally colored with turmeric, but you don't taste it at all.

  • Author: Zerrin & Yusuf
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 14 minutes
  • Total Time: 29 minutes
  • Yield: 25 cookies 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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  • 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons finely grated lemon zest
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 and ½ cups all purpose flour
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • 1 and ½ teaspoons turmeric powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 and ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl cream the butter, sugar and lemon zest with a hand mixer until pale. Beat in lemon juice and eggs, one at a time.
  2. In a medium size bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, turmeric powder, salt and baking powder.
  3. Gradually add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients. Mix either with a spatula or hand mixer with low speed until combined.
  4. Cover the bowl and chill the dough at least 1 hour. It is easier to roll the dough into balls when chilled.
  5. Preheat the oven to 350F, line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  6. Using a tablespoon, scoop the dough out of the bowl, roll into a ball, roll the ball in the powdered sugar and place on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat for the remaining dough.
  7. Bake for 13-14 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes and then transfer on a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 93
  • Sugar: 8 g
  • Sodium: 30.2 mg
  • Fat: 4.1 g
  • Carbohydrates: 13.4 g
  • Protein: 1.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 24.6 mg

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  1. Linda says

    December 16, 2018 at 7:30 pm

    I so enjoy your recipes, but I was trying to print the recipe for your Lemon Cookies and their were adds that kept coming up in front of the recipe which made it difficult to read and to print. I was finally able to copy and past, but this may be something to look at. Thank you.

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