What happens if I add more lemon juice than recommended to my lemon sugar cookies?











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I made lemon sugar cookies for the first time yesterday and added twice as much lemon juice to the dough than recommended. They came out great and tasted like lemon, but I want the lemon taste to be sharper the next time I make them. Can I just add more lemon juice to the dough, or will that do something bad to the texture of the dough? What else can I do to get more lemon flavor?






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  • pH will go down. Your cookies may not rise as well.
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I made lemon sugar cookies for the first time yesterday and added twice as much lemon juice to the dough than recommended. They came out great and tasted like lemon, but I want the lemon taste to be sharper the next time I make them. Can I just add more lemon juice to the dough, or will that do something bad to the texture of the dough? What else can I do to get more lemon flavor?






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I made lemon sugar cookies for the first time yesterday and added twice as much lemon juice to the dough than recommended. They came out great and tasted like lemon, but I want the lemon taste to be sharper the next time I make them. Can I just add more lemon juice to the dough, or will that do something bad to the texture of the dough? What else can I do to get more lemon flavor?






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I made lemon sugar cookies for the first time yesterday and added twice as much lemon juice to the dough than recommended. They came out great and tasted like lemon, but I want the lemon taste to be sharper the next time I make them. Can I just add more lemon juice to the dough, or will that do something bad to the texture of the dough? What else can I do to get more lemon flavor?






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    If you post the exact recipe you're using we have more information to provide better answers... ;-)
    – Fabby
    18 hours ago










  • pH will go down. Your cookies may not rise as well.
    – Wayfaring Stranger
    6 hours ago














  • 4




    If you post the exact recipe you're using we have more information to provide better answers... ;-)
    – Fabby
    18 hours ago










  • pH will go down. Your cookies may not rise as well.
    – Wayfaring Stranger
    6 hours ago








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If you post the exact recipe you're using we have more information to provide better answers... ;-)
– Fabby
18 hours ago




If you post the exact recipe you're using we have more information to provide better answers... ;-)
– Fabby
18 hours ago












pH will go down. Your cookies may not rise as well.
– Wayfaring Stranger
6 hours ago




pH will go down. Your cookies may not rise as well.
– Wayfaring Stranger
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I would add the finely grated zest¹ of the lemons first as the peel contains most of the oils so it'll be more "lemony"² without making it more sour.



If that would not be enough, I would heat up the lemon juice lightly in a large pan to reduce the amount of water (large surface: more evaporation) as adding too much water might skew the recipe.



Note¹: The yellow outer peel containing the oil but not the bitterness.
Note²: "more lemony" meaning: smelling way more than the original recipe if it only contains the juice and tasting a bit more without making the cookies more sour...






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  • It's important to emphasize that lemon zest has only the aroma of lemons, but none of the “sharpness” / tangyness / sourness. If that's what's sought here, the thickened juice is a better suggestion (or indeed pure food-grade citric acid).
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I would add the finely grated zest¹ of the lemons first as the peel contains most of the oils so it'll be more "lemony"² without making it more sour.



If that would not be enough, I would heat up the lemon juice lightly in a large pan to reduce the amount of water (large surface: more evaporation) as adding too much water might skew the recipe.



Note¹: The yellow outer peel containing the oil but not the bitterness.
Note²: "more lemony" meaning: smelling way more than the original recipe if it only contains the juice and tasting a bit more without making the cookies more sour...






share|improve this answer























  • It's important to emphasize that lemon zest has only the aroma of lemons, but none of the “sharpness” / tangyness / sourness. If that's what's sought here, the thickened juice is a better suggestion (or indeed pure food-grade citric acid).
    – leftaroundabout
    6 hours ago

















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I would add the finely grated zest¹ of the lemons first as the peel contains most of the oils so it'll be more "lemony"² without making it more sour.



If that would not be enough, I would heat up the lemon juice lightly in a large pan to reduce the amount of water (large surface: more evaporation) as adding too much water might skew the recipe.



Note¹: The yellow outer peel containing the oil but not the bitterness.
Note²: "more lemony" meaning: smelling way more than the original recipe if it only contains the juice and tasting a bit more without making the cookies more sour...






share|improve this answer























  • It's important to emphasize that lemon zest has only the aroma of lemons, but none of the “sharpness” / tangyness / sourness. If that's what's sought here, the thickened juice is a better suggestion (or indeed pure food-grade citric acid).
    – leftaroundabout
    6 hours ago















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I would add the finely grated zest¹ of the lemons first as the peel contains most of the oils so it'll be more "lemony"² without making it more sour.



If that would not be enough, I would heat up the lemon juice lightly in a large pan to reduce the amount of water (large surface: more evaporation) as adding too much water might skew the recipe.



Note¹: The yellow outer peel containing the oil but not the bitterness.
Note²: "more lemony" meaning: smelling way more than the original recipe if it only contains the juice and tasting a bit more without making the cookies more sour...






share|improve this answer














I would add the finely grated zest¹ of the lemons first as the peel contains most of the oils so it'll be more "lemony"² without making it more sour.



If that would not be enough, I would heat up the lemon juice lightly in a large pan to reduce the amount of water (large surface: more evaporation) as adding too much water might skew the recipe.



Note¹: The yellow outer peel containing the oil but not the bitterness.
Note²: "more lemony" meaning: smelling way more than the original recipe if it only contains the juice and tasting a bit more without making the cookies more sour...







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  • It's important to emphasize that lemon zest has only the aroma of lemons, but none of the “sharpness” / tangyness / sourness. If that's what's sought here, the thickened juice is a better suggestion (or indeed pure food-grade citric acid).
    – leftaroundabout
    6 hours ago




















  • It's important to emphasize that lemon zest has only the aroma of lemons, but none of the “sharpness” / tangyness / sourness. If that's what's sought here, the thickened juice is a better suggestion (or indeed pure food-grade citric acid).
    – leftaroundabout
    6 hours ago


















It's important to emphasize that lemon zest has only the aroma of lemons, but none of the “sharpness” / tangyness / sourness. If that's what's sought here, the thickened juice is a better suggestion (or indeed pure food-grade citric acid).
– leftaroundabout
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It's important to emphasize that lemon zest has only the aroma of lemons, but none of the “sharpness” / tangyness / sourness. If that's what's sought here, the thickened juice is a better suggestion (or indeed pure food-grade citric acid).
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