Lemonade Cookies

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    70

    cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

  • About

These soft, chewy cookies pack the strongest lemon flavor I have ever experienced in a cookie—they are definitely not for anyone who doesn’t like really big flavors. This is based on a recipe given to me by Amber Sunday.

Ingredients

Lemon Mixture

  • ¾ cup strained lemon juice
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2

Method

  1. For the lemon mixture, combine the juice, sugar, and corn syrup in a medium nonreactive saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally. When all the sugar is dissolved, remove the pan from the heat and cool the mixture to room temperature. Stir in the grated zest. This may be prepared 1 day before using, but no longer. The zest will make the mixtu