Candied Lemon Ginger Cookies

15m
Prep Time
15m
Cook Time
30m
Ready In

Recipe: #28563

November 03, 2017



"I love ginger and I love lemon and these cookies have the right combination of both. It contains lemon oil which is a perfect ingredient that adds just the right touch of anything lemon. But note that if you don't have lemon oil, lemon extract or lemon peel can be substituted."

Original is 12-16 servings

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (73.7 g)
  • Calories 284.8
  • Total Fat - 11.6 g
  • Saturated Fat - 6.9 g
  • Cholesterol - 48.1 mg
  • Sodium - 140 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 42.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 0.8 g
  • Sugars - 25.4 g
  • Protein - 3.5 g
  • Calcium - 19.8 mg
  • Iron - 0.7 mg
  • Vitamin C - 1.3 mg
  • Thiamin - 0 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2

Use a whisk to mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and ground ginger.

Step 3

Cream softened butter, cream cheese and sugars together well, scraping sides of bowl as needed. Add egg and lemon oil (or 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind) and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.

Step 4

Add flour mixture gradually, blending at low speed just until combined.

Step 5

Finely chop lemon peel and crystallized ginger and gently mix them into the dough.

Step 6

Chill dough until firm.

Step 7

Form into 1 inch balls and roll in sparking sugar until evenly coated. Place balls 2 inches apart onto parchment lined cookie sheet.

Step 8

Bake 11-15 minutes until cookies are slightly puffed. Yield: 3 dozen cookies.

NOTE: Lemon oil is quite potent so a little goes a long way (reason for the 3/4 tsp). It adds just the right touch for anything lemon and is used by professional chefs and kitchens. Of course you can substitute lemon extract and/or peel and your recipe will work, but lemon oil is the Mac Daddy of taste. It takes 225 lemons to fill a 3.4 oz. bottle.


Makes 3 dozen cookies


Tips


No special items needed.

5 Reviews

ellie

Wonderful cookies! I used a combination of lemon zest and lemon extract and skipped the candied lemon peel. Wonderful lemony ginger flavor! Thanks for sharing!

5.0

review by:
(17 Dec 2023)

Mikekey

Love these. Great combination of flavors. Slightly crunchy exterior and soft chewy interior. These will be made again, and not just for Christmas.

5.0

review by:
(2 Jan 2022)

JostLori

Great cookies! I love the combination of lemon and ginger, and these didn't disappoint! Not only that, I learned how to make homemade candied citrus peels. Bonus! Used DoTerra lemon oil, which really amped the lemony goodness. We'll definitely be making these again - everyone who got them on their tray loved them.

5.0

review by:
(6 Jan 2021)

geotic

I've tried them with the lemon zest and really liked them. I'm looking forward to trying them with the lemon oil!

4.0

review by:
(15 Mar 2020)

SavvyShopperPam

We really liked everything about these cookies! They have you at first bite with the lemon and ginger combo. Something different for the cookie trays this year!

5.0

review by:
(3 Jan 2020)

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