Calamansi Crinkles

Name: Calamansi Crinkles
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 80 min
Ingredients: ½ cup (105 g) softened unsalted butter; ¾ cup + 2 tbsp (192 g) white sugar; ½ tsp vanilla extract; 1 egg (at room temperature); 1 tsp calamansi zest; 2 ½ tbsp freshly squeezed calamansi juice; ¼ tsp salt; ¼ tsp baking powder; 1/8 tsp baking soda; 1 ½ cup (195) g all-purpose flour; ½ cup powdered sugar; Yellow food color (to enhance the color, optional)

Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook

7 years ago

These Calamansi Crinkles are flavored with calamansi juice – sweet, citrusy and so yummy!

I fell madly in love with the Calamansi Crumb Muffins I have made before so I thought of making calamansi crnkles. And there I was – I fell in love again! You can probably tell that I fall in love easily – not with people, but with food, of course! 😀

These Calamansi Crinkles are flavored with the juice from calamansi and it was so good! I wish I could be more passionate when describing how the food tastes like or I hope there is a smell button. They cookies are citrusy and sweet – they are so perfect to be paired with tea (tea lover here!) or even with a strong coffee. Ahhhh – so so delicious!!

And oh, these are easy to prepare, too, coz you can make the dough ahead of time, keep in the fridge and bake the next day. I must also add that these are perfect for last minute baking for Christmas. 😉

I used less sugar in this recipe (although it still came out a little sweet – the powdered sugar?) and I added a tiny tiny bit of yellow food color just to enhance the color as I saw my dough was a little sad. I have thought of using green food color (coz calamansi is green?), but that happened when the yellow food color was already added.

What’s done is done, so maybe I will try the green color when I make these again or maybe another batch or cookies that are prettier with green color. Hmmm…

If you find calamansi in your part of the world, you have to try these! Otherwise, you can sub with lemon – just play with the measurement, though. I am sure they would be delicious, too. 😉

Notes:

Oven differs from each other – the baking time might be shorter or longer for you. I baked mine for 10 minutes.
This recipe makes 22-24 cookies.
The cookies can be kept in an airtight container up to 3 days.
It is nice to add yellow food color to enhance the color and make it brighter.

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I am sharing these at Fiesta Friday #203. I hope you all enjoy these. Happy Fiesta Friday!