Lemon Cream Cheese Delights
By
Noelle Myers
@noellemyers
5
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Soft and chewy with a nice natural lemon flavor, these are the perfect lemony cookie. Fresh lemon juice and zest make the perfect lemon flavor. With the cream cheese, it makes the cookies cake-like (similar to a ricotta cookie). Sprinkling powdered sugar over the cookies is the perfect topping. These remind us of an old-fashioned lemon drop candy in cookie form. Noelle's cookie is great for Christmas, but with its fresh flavor would be lovely year around.
Note: In the Test Kitchen we used a small cookie scoop when forming the balls to ensure the cookies were equal size. If you find the dough too sticky, chill it in the fridge for a little bit before forming into balls. Also, these cookies bake at a high temperature for cookies so, since every oven is different, watch them closely.
Ingredients
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1 cbutter, room temperature
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3 ozcream cheese, room temperature
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1 csugar
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1 largeegg
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3 tsplemon zest, grated
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3 Tbsplemon juice, fresh
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1 tspbaking powder
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1/8 tspsalt
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2 3/4 call-purpose flour
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2 Tbspsour cream
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2/3 cpowdered sugar
How to Make Lemon Cream Cheese Delights
- Pre-heat 375° F. Cream together cream cheese, butter, and sugar.
- Add egg, lemon zest and lemon juice. Mix well.
- Sift together baking powder, salt, and flour.
- Mix flour mixture into butter mixture. Dough will be very dry.
- Beat in sour cream. Dough will be stiff still, but moist.
- Form dough into one inch balls. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet, about one inch apart.
- Flatten slightly.
- Bake at 375° F for 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
- To store, place in an airtight container, separating layers with wax paper. Will store for about 3 days on the counter or freeze for up to 3 months.
