Citrus Cookie Dough

Name: Citrus Cookie Dough
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon baking powder (omit if making thumbprints, ball cookies, or spritz cookies); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 sticks unsalted butter; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon finely grated citrus zest; 1 tablespoon fresh citrus juice

46 Ratings
1 Review

For tinted cookies, add drops of gel-paste food coloring once the flour is incorporated.

Martha Stewart Living, December 2010

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Recipe Summary

prep:

15 mins

total:

15 mins

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder (omit if making thumbprints, ball cookies, or spritz cookies)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon finely grated citrus zest
1 tablespoon fresh citrus juice

Directions

Step 1
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Beat butter and granulated sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and citrus zest and juice. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture, and beat until combined. Proceed with variations:
- Thumbprints and Ball Cookies
- Shaped Icebox Cookies
- Layered Icebox Cookies
- Glazed Spritz Cookies
- Cutout Cookies
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Variations

If you'd like to try a variation, see what ingredients to add:

Basic Vanilla Dough
Spice Cookie Dough
Chocolate Cookie Dough

Reviews (1)

46 Ratings

5 star values: 8
4 star values: 6
3 star values: 13
2 star values: 15
1 star values: 4

Anonymous

12/04/2011

Citrus Cookie Dough recipe is absent. The page says only Stub! Where's the quality control Martha?

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