"These Gingerbread Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies are spicy ginger molasses cookies wrapped around a lemon cream cheese center and rolled in lemon sugar...."
INGREDIENTS
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For the Lemon Sugar:
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zest of one large lemon
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1 cup granulated sugar
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For the Filling:
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8 oz cream cheese, softened
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1/2 cup powdered sugar
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2 tsp. lemon powder
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For the Cookie Dough:
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3 cups flour
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2 tsp. ground ginger
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1 tsp. ground cinnamon
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1 tsp. baking soda
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1/4 tsp. fresh ground nutmeg
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1/4 tap salt
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3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
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3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
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1/2 cup molasses
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1 egg
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1/4 cup granulated sugar
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1 tsp. vanilla extract