Luscious Lemon Meringue Cookies
Description
Lemon lovers will absolutely want to make these luscious cookies. They are soft and chewy and are sweet with just the right amount of lemon.
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 (can use salted, just cut the added salt to 1/8 tsp)
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
1 large egg
1 1/3 c. white chocolate chips, reserve about 1/8 c.
yellow food coloring, optional
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Zest the lemons.
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 until it’s creamy. Mix in egg, lemon and vanilla extracts and a couple of drops of yellow food coloring to make the dough a little yellow in color, if desired.
Mix in white chocolate chips, remembering to reserve about 1/8 c.
Scoop dough onto a cookie sheet, leaving about 2 inches in between each cookie. Press dough balls down with your hand or a fork; place reserved white chocolate chips on top to resemble “meringue”.
Bake about 10-12 minutes. The cookies should look just slightly under-baked when taken out of the oven as they will continue to cook for a few minutes after removed from the oven. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes.
Makes 2 dozen.