Crinkles Recipe « Lemon Crinkles

An old family favorite, lemon cookies, with a hint of ginger.

Ingredients

• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup white sugar, or as needed

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Mix brown sugar, shortening, egg, and lemon zest together in a bowl until creamy. Stir in flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, ginger, and salt until dough comes together.
3. Pour white sugar onto a plate. Roll dough into 1-inch balls; dip 1 side in white sugar. Arrange balls, sugared-side up, on 2 baking sheets.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are pale golden and tops look dry, 10 to 12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories80.3
• carbohydrateContent12.8 g
• cholesterolContent5.2 mg
• fatContent3 g
• fiberContent0.2 g
• proteinContent0.7 g
• saturatedFatContent0.8 g
• sodiumContent37.4 mg
• sugarContent8.7 g