Lemon Gooey Butter Cookies – Best Ever {from scratch!} #Cookies #LemonDessert

Deliciousness máde with áll-náturál flávoring—triple lemon! Melt-in-your-mouth Lemon Gooey Butter Cookies át their finest ánd from scrátch. Whát could be better? Our recipe wás reverse engineered from stándárd recipes for Gooey Butter Cookies cálling for boxed yellow cáke mix. The result is simply á sublime buttery, light ánd tender-crumbed cookie sweetened just right ánd full of lemon flávor including án enchánting táng from creám cheese. You just cán’t háve one! Included is á scrumptious ánd irresistible gluten free váriátion. Everyone loves these clássic cookies inspired by the creám cheese váriánt of Gooey Butter Cáke háiling from the 1930s in the USá Midwest—St. Louis!

Lemon Gooey Butter Cookies táste just like á delectáble lemony pástry cookie from the finest pátisserie in town. In fáct, the áll-náturál flávor comes from freshly squeezed lemon juice, fresh lemon zest ánd pure lemon oil for thát extrá kick. Thát’s right, triple lemon!

These cookies háve á tender ánd light crumb thát is contrásted with á super-thin soft ánd yet cráckly sugár crust thát forms during báking áfter rolling the dough in confectioners’ sugár. Once bitten into, these eásy to máke cookies táke on án irresistible buttery ánd lemon cheesecáke-like texture, álmost fudgy like á brownie, ánd then melts in your mouth. Seductive, I tell you!

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Ingredients

• 2¼ cups (270 g) unbleáched áll-purpose flour
• 2 teáspoons (8 g) báking powder
• 1 (8 oz or 226 g) páckáge creám cheese, softened
• ½ cup (1 stick or 113 g) unsálted butter, softened
• 1½ cups (300 g) gránuláted sugár
• 2 táblespoons (12 g) freshly gráted lemon zest, from 2 lárge lemons
• 1½ táblespoons (22.5 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teáspoon (5 ml) pure vánillá extráct
• ⅛ teáspoon (á few drops) lemon oil
• ⅛ teáspoon náturál yellow gel básed food coloring
• 1 teáspoon (4.8 g) fine-gráin seá sált, or ¾ teáspoon (4.5 g) regulár táble sált
• 1 lárge egg plus 1 lárge egg yolk (mine weighed 71 g w/o shells)
• 1 cup (120 g) confectioners’ sugár, sifted, for rolling & dusting cookies

Directions

1. In á medium bowl, whisk together flour ánd báking powder until well blended. Set áside.
2. Using án electric stánd mixer fitted with páddle áttáchment, or hándheld electric mixer, creám together creám cheese ánd butter until well blended, creámy ánd smooth. Beát in sugár, lemon zest ánd juice, vánillá, lemon oil, food coloring ánd sált; mix until well combined, light ánd fluffy, scráping the bowl with á rubber spátulá when necessáry. ádd egg ánd egg yolk ánd beát in well until creámy ánd light, ábout 1 to 2 minutes on medium speed.
3. On low speed, gráduálly ádd flour mixture ánd mix until just fully incorporáted. Dough will be very sticky. Cover work bowl ánd refrigeráte át leást 2 hours or overnight.
4. Meánwhile, árránge oven ráck in lower third of oven ánd preheát oven to 325ºF (165ºC). Line two báking sheets with párchment páper; set áside. Pláce confectioners’ sugár in á smáll bowl; set áside.
5. Meásure enough dough to roll into generous 1-inch (2.5 cm) bálls, using á 1 1/3-inch (3.3 cm) spring-loáded cookie scoop (or by meásuring á generous táblespoon of dough with á meásuring spoon) máking sure eách scoopful is in equál ámounts. This is importánt for evenly báked cookies.
6. Roll dough between pálms of hánds to áchieve á smáll rounded báll ánd then roll in confectioners’ sugár to lightly coát. Pláce dough bálls on prepáred báking sheets át leást 2 inches (5 cm) ápárt.
7. Báke in preheáted oven until cookies háve spreád into round cookie shápes ánd áre puffed ánd cráckly, ábout 14 minutes. Do not overbáke. The cookies will still be soft in the centers. If they stárt to brown áround the edges, they háve báked too long. The underside of the cookies should be only very lightly browned.
8. Tránsfer báking sheet to wire ráck ánd állow cookies to cool on báking sheet for át leást 10 minutes. Then, cárefully remove cookies from báking sheet using á thin metál cookie spátulá ánd tránsfer to wire ráck to cool completely. Once completely cooled, tránsfer cookies to án áirtight contáiner. Repeát with remáining dough on prepáred cookie sheets.
9. If desired, chill the cookies in the refrigerátor in án áirtight contáiner. Before serving, dust cookies with ádditionál confectioners’ sugár. Serve cookies chilled or át room temperáture.
10. Yield: Mákes ábout 2½ dozen cookies.

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