Easy Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies Recipe
Rich and delicious Lemo Cream Cheese Cookies come together quickly so you don't spend a lot of time in the kitchen!
Servings: 36
Calories: 106kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 4 ounces softened cream cheese
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar divided
- 1 TBSP Lemon Zest
- 1 egg
- 2 TBSP Lemon Juice
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 TBSP Lemon Zest
- 1-2 TBSP Lemon Juice OR Water
Instructions
- Cream the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes
- beat in the egg and the zest
- beat in the lemon juice
- in a separate bow stir the flour baking powder and salt together
- then stir into the butter mixture making sure it's well combined
- cover and chill the dough for at least 30 minutes
- when you're ready to bake preheat the oven to 350˚
- roll the dough in one inch balls, using the lefover sugar dip the bottom of a glass in in and then press the cookies dough down repeat as needed to flatten the balls
- bake 9-10 minutes until the cookies are set but not browned
- repeat with remaining dough
- when the cookies are cool make the icing
- zest the lemon into the powdered sugar
- add JUST enough water OR lemon juice to make a drizzle-able icing OR dunk your cookies in the icing
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 106kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 60mg | Potassium: 16mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 0.4mg