Here is a picture of my two snickerdoodles taken 7 years ago here in Keystone, CO.
Last Sunday they both agreed on having missed dessert in their lunch boxes. Sorry teens, yes, the sweet little kids are teens now. So, my son decided to take the initiative and started baking lemony snickerdoodles. Mausi was taste testing. They both were busy with homework when I pointed out the messy kitchen. I cleaned it.
The lemony snickerdoodles turned out to melt in your mouth. They tasted crunchy, but light with the soft hint of fresh lemons. I can highly recommend you or one of your teens (if you have one) baking them.
Makes about 30 cookies.
Ingredients:
* 2 sticks or 1 cup (228 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
* 1 cup (200 g) sugar
* 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) lemon curd
* 2 teaspoons (30 ml) lemon juicy
* 1 teaspoon (15 ml) lemon zest
* 1 egg, at room temperature
* 2 cups and 2 Tablespoons (254 g) flour
* 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
* pinch of salt
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F (175 C). Grease 2 cookie sheets or line with silicon pads.
Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, cream of tartar and salt. Set aside.
In a kitchen machine on medium-high speed mix together butter and sugar for about 4 minutes. Add the egg and beat for another minute. Add the lemon curd, lemon juicy and lemon zest. Combine well. Set kitchen machine on low speed and add the flour mixture slowly until well combined. Don’t over mix!
Roll 1 tablespoon of dough into a ball, roll in sugar, place the ball on the sheet and slightly flatten the dough ball with the palm of your hand. Repeat with remaining dough.
Bake in preheated oven for 7-10 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown. Cool on wire rack.
Enjoy!
Adapted from the Muffin Lady.

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Made your lemon snickerdoodle recipe tonight and they are so absolutely delicious. I added just a bit more lemon curd, but these will be a staple in our recipe repertoire. Thank you!
My sone will love these cookies! He is a big snickerdoodle fan and loves lemon too! Im excited to try these!
Your kids are beautful and how Wonderful they get along so well! My oldest two our girls and they are 10 months apart. They get along but fight like sisters too 🙂
Beautiful kids:) I love the lemony snickerdoodles! beautiful blog you have here:) Been going through your recipes.
Yummy! As soon as the weather cools baking sounds great. My kids too love to cook. A great passion to have. Love the idea of lemon in these as it brightens the flavor so and lightens them up (or feels like it does)! Really lovely post and fab photos (have already seen you on Tasteologie! Magnifique).
The snickerdoodles look delicious. Its always nice when the kids get along.
M's all-time favorite cookie.
Super-cute kids you got!
Cheers!
Kids that cook and bake…you've done something right, my friend.
Hope to see you at a meetup soon!
Hi Kirsten,
Congratulations! You won a copy of my book, The Encyclopedia of Sandwiches! Please visit my blog and email me your mailing info. And a few lemony Snickerdoodles too. 😉
Cheers!
Susan
Time flies, eh? You are amazing for having raised small kids just a year apart. That must have been tiring…but apparently you got great results. Hope my kids bake such delights for me when they are teens.
Love this post! How quickly kids become teenagers, its so refreshing to hear of siblings being such good friends too. Not sure my brother would have ever baked cookies in our teenage days lol. I've always wanted to try Snickerdoodles so I'll be book marking this recipe for sure.
Lovely! I think your photos are great too! Great recipe for very humble cookies!!
Kirsten~You are a genius! A lemon snickerdoodle…WOW, and your snickerdoodles are adorable, even though they're probably too big to be saying that. XOXO
Ah, I just love this post! You are blessed with a beautiful family my friend. Aren't we the lucky ones? You have one up on me, your children cook! My compliments to the chef.
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