Luscious Lemon Meringue Cookies
Description
These cookies will become everyone's new favorite cookie. They're soft and chewy and sweet.
Ingredients
1 2/3 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 t. cornstarch
1/4 t. salt
1/2 t. baking soda
3/4 c. butter (if using salted, just cut the added salt to 1/8 t.)
1/2 c. sugar
1/3 c. brown sugar, packed
2 T. lemon zest (from about 3 lemons)
1 1/2 t. lemon extract
1/2 t. vanilla extract
yellow food coloring, if desired
1 large egg
1 1/3 c. white chocolate chips, reserving about 1/8 c. for later
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, salt and baking soda; set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment, cream together butter, sugars and lemon zest, just mixing until creamy. Mix in the egg, lemon and vanilla extracts, and several drops of yellow food coloring to make the dough a little yellow in color, if desired. Mix in the white chocolate chips.
Dollop dough out onto a cookie sheet, leaving about 2 inches in between, as these cookies spread. Press the dough balls down with, then add the reserved white chocolate chips on top. This is the “meringue”.
Bake for about 10-12 minutes. The cookies should look just slightly under baked when taken out, as they continue to cook for a few minutes after removing them from the oven. Let cool on the cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes.
Makes about 2 dozen.