Lemon Crinkles recipe

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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

Nutrition Info

80.3 calories
carbohydrate: 12.8 g
cholesterol: 5.2 mg
fat: 3 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 0.7 g
saturatedFat: 0.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 37.4 mg
sugar: 8.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

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.

Recipe Yield

3 dozen

Recipe Note

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

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