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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 2 |
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Bursting with lemon flavor, these two-bite cookies are slightly crisp on the outside, light and soft on the inside. Cream cheese and plenty of lemon zest make these cookies perfectly refreshing! Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups white sugar |
1 large lemon, zested |
1/4 cup butter, softened |
1/4 cup cream cheese, softened |
1 egg |
1 tablespoon lemon juice |
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
Directions:
1. Combine sugar and lemon zest in a food processor and pulse several times to bruise lemon zest. Transfer 1/2 cup sugar mixture to a bowl.
2. Beat butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl until creamy and well-combined; mix in remaining lemon-sugar mixture, egg, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Use an electric mixer to beat baking powder and salt into moist ingredients; gradually beat flour into mixture to make a dough. Freeze dough for 1 hour.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
4. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and roll in reserved 1/2 cup lemon sugar. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Press cookies down slightly to flatten and sprinkle each cookie with about 1/8 teaspoon of the remaining lemon sugar.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are firm on bottoms, 10 to 12 minutes.
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