Fruit Desserts Recipe ⊷ Lemon-Coconut Cookies

Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside--a lemon-coconut snickerdoodle cookie.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 ½ cups flour
• ¾ cup dried unsweetened coconut
• 1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon lemon zest
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Combine butter and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition. Mix in lemon juice. Mix flour, coconut, cream of tartar, baking soda, lemon zest, and salt in a separate bowl. Add to butter mixture and beat on low speed until everything is well mixed, about 2 minutes.
3. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough onto 2 ungreased cookie sheets.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter.

Nutrition Facts

• calories94.7
• carbohydrateContent11.7 g
• cholesterolContent17.9 mg
• fatContent5 g
• fiberContent0.4 g
• proteinContent1.1 g
• saturatedFatContent3.3 g
• sodiumContent69.2 mg
• sugarContent6.4 g