Lemony Doodles Recipes

ZESTY LEMON SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets and set aside.
• Beat 1 1/4 cups sugar, butter, and oil together until creamy. Beat in the egg yolks, lemon zest, and vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar in a separate bowl. Sift until combined. Add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture in 2 batches, stirring with a wooden spoon until just combined.
• Mix 2 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a small bowl. Shape the cookie dough into walnut-sized balls and roll them in the sugar mixture until thoroughly coated. Space cookies 2 inches apart on the baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the snickerdoodles to cool on the baking sheets for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.

LEMONY DOODLES

Steps:

• Cream together shortening, eggs, and sugar until creamy.
• In a separate bowl, mix together flour, lemon zest, and all other dry ingredients. (Set aside the lemon for later use.)
• Add dry ingredient to creamed mixture.
• For lemon sugar, in a small bowl mix granulated sugar and lemon juice. Mix thoroughly.
• Form dough into balls using a generous teaspoonful. Roll into lemon sugar to coat.
• These cookies do spread while baking. Place balls on an ungreased cookie sheet allowing space in between the cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes, watching carefully (ovens differ).

GLAZED CITRUS DOODLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter, granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon orange zest, and 2 teaspoons lemon zest on medium-high until pale and fluffy, 3 minutes, scraping down bowl as needed. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add flour mixture; beat to combine.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place, 2 inches apart, on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until edges are lightly golden, 12 to 15 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let cool on sheets on wire racks 5 minutes, then transfer cookies to racks and let cool completely.
• Whisk together 1 tablespoon orange zest, 2 teaspoons lemon zest, citrus juices, and confectioners' sugar until smooth. With a small spoon, spread glaze over each cookie. Let set 1 hour.

SNICKERDOODLE LEMON BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick spray, line with parchment paper, leaving overhang. Spray the parchment.
• To make the Snickerdoodle crust, in a medium bowl, whisk to combine the flour, cinnamon and salt. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and well blended. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture, stirring until just combined, then stir in the vanilla extract.
• Press the dough in an even layer into the prepared baking dish and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Dock the dough with a fork, then bake for about 20 minutes until the edges are starting to turn golden. Remove and let cool while you make the filling.
• To make the filling, in a small bowl, whisk to combine the flour, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk to combine the eggs, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice. Add the flour and whisk to combine.
• Pour the filling over the crust and bake until set, about 28-30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, then refrigerate until completely set, about 1 hour and up to overnight.
• Use the edges of the parchment paper to lift the lemon bars from the pan. Place 8-10 long wooden skewers randomly over the top and dust over confectioners sugar. Cut into 2-inch squares and serve.

GLAZED CITRUS DOODLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter, granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon orange zest, and 2 teaspoons lemon zest and beat on medium-high until pale and fluffy, 3 minutes, scraping down bowl as needed. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add flour mixture; beat to combine.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place, 2 inches apart, on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until edges are lightly golden, 12 to 15 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let cool on sheets on wire racks 5 minutes, then transfer cookies to racks and let cool completely.
• Whisk together remaining tablespoon orange zest and 2 teaspoons lemon zest, citrus juices, and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Dip the top of each cookie in glaze to coat. Let set 1 hour.