The lemon crinkles cookies – lemon cookies with cracks are among the best lemon treats ever! They have a magnificent texture, slightly soft inside, crunchy outside, and covered with powdered sugar.
Not only that! They are also very fragrant thanks to the presence of lemon zest and a bit of limoncello.
A recipe so easy (you only need a fork and a bowl) that it has also become Marco’s signature dish, who bakes them for friends at every opportunity!
Procedure and texture are very similar to the Chocolate crinkles cookies (the chocolate version), this time I also tried to bake them in the air fryer and I must say they were ready in about 8′, unlike the 10/12′ needed for baking them in the oven.
So let’s say there are no excuses because now we also have the oven alternative that just cannot be turned on in hot days, so get your ingredient list ready and bake these fragrant lemon crinkles cookies – lemon cookies.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 1 Hour
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 30 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven, Air fryer
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 63.69 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 9.61 (g) of which sugars 3.67 (g)
- Proteins 1.01 (g)
- Fat 2.29 (g) of which saturated 1.42 (g)of which unsaturated 0.84 (g)
- Fibers 0.21 (g)
- Sodium 2.51 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 13 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (or cake flour)
- Half lemon juice
- 1 tbsp limoncello
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg
- 5.6 oz butter (soft)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (or cane sugar)
- powdered sugar
Preparation of lemon crinkles cookies
– Mash the butter with a fork and create a cream with the sugar; add the egg and lemon juice.
– Add limoncello and the zest of the lemon (previously washed) to the mixture. Finish the dough with flour and baking powder.
– Compact the ingredients, form the dough and refrigerate for about 1 hour (or longer if necessary) covering the bowl with plastic wrap. Take the dough and break off pieces the size of a walnut or slightly larger and roll them between your hands. Roll the balls in powdered sugar as you go.
– Place the balls in the air fryer and bake at 356°F for 8′ (they should still be soft, so adjust according to your air fryer)
– Or: place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing them apart, and bake for 10′ at 338/356°F. (cracks should form)
– Do not worry if they are very soft; they will gain the right consistency as they cool.
