lemon cream cheese delights
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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.
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. 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.
— The Test Kitchen
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Ingredients For lemon cream cheese delights
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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 lgegg
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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
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.
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1Pre-heat 375° F. Cream together cream cheese, butter, and sugar.
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2Add egg, lemon zest and lemon juice. Mix well.
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3Sift together baking powder, salt, and flour.
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4Mix flour mixture into butter mixture. Dough will be very dry.
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5Beat in sour cream. Dough will be stiff still, but moist.
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6Form dough into one inch balls. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet, about one inch apart.
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7Flatten slightly.
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8Bake at 375° F for 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
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9Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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10To 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.
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