Lemon and cream cheese… what could possibly be higher? These Lemon Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting fuse a refreshing citrus taste with a wealthy, creamy texture. They’re gentle and vivid and have recent lemon zest and lemon juice in each the cookies AND the frosting.
I can’t get ENOUGH of lemon-flavored something. Very similar to these Lemon Blueberry Crumble Bars and Gluten Free Lemon Bars, this lemon cookie recipe is gentle, recent, and simply screams dessert. That’s why I knew we needed to create lemon cookies with cream cheese frosting — a mix that’s positive to make your style buds dance with pleasure.
Making this lemon cookie recipe is simple. You simply must be affected person and let the cookies chill for a few hours. Apart from that, you make it like several cookie recipe, plus make a do-it-yourself cream cheese frosting that’s merely pleasant.
Creaming the butter and sugar for five minutes is a step that appears pointless, however when executed, the result’s a lightweight and ethereal cookie with a crispy crust. The creaming course of incorporates air into the dough, which helps the cookies rise and turn out to be fluffy whereas baking. It additionally helps distribute the substances evenly for a extra constant texture.
Don’t skip refrigerating the dough!
Refrigerating the dough helps agency it up so it’s simpler to roll within the powdered sugar. When you skip this step, the dough shall be tremendous sticky and onerous to roll.
It might additionally take extra time to bake, or it’s going to crumble. Refrigerating the dough additionally permits the flavors to meld collectively, leading to a extra scrumptious cookie!
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When you don’t have vanilla extract, almond extract is a superb second choice. You can too use a vanilla bean, which can give the cookies a extra intense vanilla taste.
Scrumptious Additions for These Lemon Cookies
These lemon cookies will keep recent in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 5 days. After that, they might begin to dry out and lose their freshness.
Are you able to freeze lemon cookie dough?
Sure, you’ll be able to freeze the dough for later use. Merely form the dough into balls and place on a lined baking sheet. Freeze till stable, then switch to a freezer-safe bag or container. The frozen dough balls may be baked straight from frozen — simply add an additional minute or two to the baking time.
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Place all the dry substances right into a bowl. Combine to mix and put aside.
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Add the butter and brown sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat collectively on low/medium pace for five minutes. It needs to be gentle and fluffy when executed. Remember to scrape the edges all through the beat time.
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Subsequent, add the egg, vanilla, and lemon zest to the creamed butter and sugar. Combine till mixed.
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Add the lemon juice and blend till mixed.
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Slowly add the dry substances to the moist substances and blend till simply mixed. Make sure there aren’t any flour clumps on the backside of the blending bowl.
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Switch the cookie dough to an hermetic container and refrigerate for at the very least 2 hours or in a single day.
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Preheat the oven to 350℉ and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Scoop the cookies with a 2-tablespoon scoop and roll them right into a ball. As a result of these cookies unfold a bit greater than others, we favor to bake 6 to a baking sheet.
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Bake for Sept. 11 minutes.
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Let relaxation for five minutes earlier than transferring to a cooling wrack. Let the cookies cool fully.
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Put together the frosting. Place the cream cheese and butter into the bowl of a stand mixer. Whip collectively till nicely blended and fluffy. If the cream cheese and butter are usually not heat sufficient there is likely to be lumps when whipping collectively. If that’s the case whip for one more minute.
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Subsequent, add the vanilla, lemon juice, lemon zest, and powdered sugar to the bowl. Beginning on low, combine collectively till nicely blended. The pace may be elevated as soon as the sugar has been integrated.
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Retailer in an hermetic container and refrigerate till prepared to make use of.
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Frost every cookie and garnish with lemon zest.
- Refrigerating the dough is to assist agency it up so it’s simpler to roll within the powdered sugar. When you skip this step the dough shall be tremendous sticky and onerous to roll. They could additionally take extra time to bake or they are going to crumble.
- Almond extract can be utilized instead of the vanilla extract.
- Creaming the butter and sugar for five minutes is a step that appears pointless, however when executed the result’s a lightweight and ethereal cookie with a crispy crust.
Energy: 251 kcal, Carbohydrates: 29 g, Protein: 2 g, Fats: 14 g, Fiber: 0.4 g, Sugar: 20 g
Diet info is robotically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Images: images taken on this publish are by Erin from The Picket Skillet.
