lemon cream cheese delights

Name: Lemon Cream Cheese Delights
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 ounce(s) cream cheese, room temperature; 1 cup(s) butter, room temperature; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 large egg; 3 teaspoon(s) lemon zest, grated; 3 tablespoon(s) lemon juice, fresh; 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 3/4 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoon(s) sour cream; 2/3 cup(s) powdered sugar

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Noelle Myers

Grand Forks, ND

Updated on Nov 6, 2019

I love a good lemon cookie. I came up with this after several years of trying to create a good lemony shortbread style cookie. It is now one of our favorites to have around the holidays. They are also good with tea on a cold winter afternoon.

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Lemon Cream Cheese Delights dusted with powdered sugar.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

Soft and chewy with a nice natural lemon flavor, these are the perfect lemony cookie. Fresh lemon juice and zest make all the difference. The cream cheese 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 cookies are great for Christmas, but with their fresh flavor, they would be lovely year around.

— The Test Kitchen

prep time 20 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

yield 3 doz

Ingredients

3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
3 teaspoons lemon zest, grated
3 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sour cream
2/3 cup powdered sugar

How To Make lemon cream cheese delights

Test Kitchen Tips

In the Test Kitchen, we used a small cookie scoop when forming the balls to ensure the cookies were equal in size. If you find the dough too sticky, chill it in the fridge for a little bit before forming it into balls. Also, these cookies bake at a high temperature for cookies so, since every oven is different, watch them closely.

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Cream together the cream cheese, butter, and sugar.

Step 2

Add the egg, lemon zest, and lemon juice; mix well.
Step 3

In a separate bowl, sift together the baking powder, salt, and flour.
Step 4

Mix the flour mixture into butter mixture. Dough will be very dry.
Step 5

Beat in the sour cream. Dough will still be stiff, but moist.
Step 6

Form the dough into 1-inch balls. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet, about one inch apart.
Step 7

Flatten slightly.
Step 8

Bake for 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Step 9

Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Step 10

To store, place in an airtight container, separating layers with wax paper. Cookies will store for about 3 days on the counter or freeze for up to 3 months.
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