Cream Cheese Lemon Cookies Recipe

Welcome Spring into your home with these delicious lemon cookies. Lemon and cream cheese combine for a wonderful cookie dough. Serve with pink lemonade for a truly special after-school snack!

Ingredients

• 1 cup

  butter, room temp

• 3 ounces

  cream cheese, room temp

• 1 cup

  sugar

• 1

  egg

• 8-10 drops

  yellow food coloring

• 1 tablespoon

  lemon extract

• 2 teaspoons

  lemon peel powder

• 1 teaspoon

  baking powder

• 2 1/2 cups

  flour

• 1 cup

  confectioner’s sugar

• 1-2 tablespoons

  milk

Directions

Take the butter and cream cheese out to bring to room temperature.

Add the butter and cream cheese to a large bowl, or stand mixer. Cream together with the sugar. Add the egg and food coloring.

Pour in the lemon extract, lemon peel powder, and baking powder. Finally add in the flour, a little at a time.

Chill the dough in the freezer for at least 20 minutes. The firmer dough will be much easier to work with.

Spoon 2 teaspoon-full drops of dough on to parchment paper-covered cookie sheets. Bake at 375-degrees for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges are slightly golden. Continue with the rest of the dough. Cool completely before icing.

Add the confectioner’s sugar to a small bowl. Add one tablespoon of milk and stir with a fork to combine. Add the second tablespoon of milk a little at a time, stirring as you go. Stop adding it when you reach the consistency you want, it should be thick but still dripping from the spoon, similar to the consistency of honey. Drizzle over the cookies. Eat and enjoy!