When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemon Cookies

OK, Yep, I admit it, I am on some weird lemon kick. First it's lemon loaf, now lemon cookies. I know what you are thinking, what's next? Lemonade. Well, you remember the old saying....when life gives you lemons make lemonade. OK, but that's later, right now we are making these wonderful, moist yummy cookies. I pulled this recipe off the blog of Bunny's Warm Oven. If you haven't been there, you should most definitely go! She is awesome, and so are these cookies!

Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, soft

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1- 1 1/2 teaspoons of lemon extract (depending on how lemony you want them to be)

1 tablespoon dried lemon peel

1/2 cup sugar for rolling cookies

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

2. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. set aside.

3. Using a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until smooth and very fluffy.

4.Beat in egg, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and lemon peel

5. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients

6. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and roll in sugar. Place on a lined cookie sheet

about 1 1/2 inches apart.

7. Bake 8 -10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly brown.

8. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

If you like lemon, these cookies will excite your taste buds! I did read somewhere, once, (please don't ask me to remember, I read a lot of recipes, everyday, it's a passion.) that if the recipe calls for 2 sticks of butter, you should use 1 stick butter, 1 stick margarine. It is suppose to make your cookies fluffier. I did do this in this recipe, and it worked great.