Lemon and cream cheese… what might be higher? These Lemon Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting fuse a refreshing citrus taste with a wealthy, creamy texture. They’re gentle and brilliant and have contemporary lemon zest and lemon juice in each the cookies AND the frosting.
I can not get ENOUGH of lemon-flavored something. Very like these Lemon Blueberry Crumble Bars and Gluten Free Lemon Bars, this lemon cookie recipe is gentle, contemporary, and simply screams dessert. That’s why I knew I 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 should be affected person and let the cookies chill for a few hours. Apart from that, you make it like all cookie recipe, plus make a do-it-yourself cream cheese frosting that’s merely pleasant.
- All-purpose flour: That is the bottom of the cookie dough. Make sure that to spoon and stage your flour for correct measurements.
- Brown sugar: Brown sugar provides a richer taste to the cookie dough that’s oh so good!
- Butter: Use unsalted butter and let it come to room temperature for simple mixing.
- Egg: All you want is one egg to assist bind the dough collectively.
- Vanilla extract: A touch of vanilla in each the cookie dough and the frosting provides these lemon cookies a extra advanced taste profile.
- Lemon: This recipe makes use of each lemon zest and lemon juice for the last word citrus taste.
- Cream cheese: The bottom of the cream cheese frosting, be certain to make use of full-fat cream cheese for a richer texture.
- Powdered sugar: Often known as confectioners’ sugar, this provides sweetness and helps thicken the frosting.
- Stand mixer: A stand mixer makes the cookie dough and frosting come collectively simply, however you too can use a handheld mixer.
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Should you don’t have vanilla extract, almond extract is a superb second possibility. You can even use a vanilla bean, which can give the cookies a extra intense vanilla taste.
Scrumptious Additions for These Lemon Cookies
Creaming the butter and sugar for five minutes is a step that appears pointless, however when achieved, 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 change into fluffy whereas baking. It additionally helps distribute the elements 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. Should you skip this step, the dough shall be tremendous sticky and exhausting to roll.
It might additionally take extra time to bake, or it should crumble. Refrigerating the dough additionally permits the flavors to meld collectively, leading to a extra scrumptious cookie!
These lemon cookies will keep contemporary 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 the dough?
Sure, you may freeze the dough for later use. Merely form the dough into balls and place on a lined baking sheet. Freeze till strong, then switch to a freezer-safe bag or container. The frozen dough balls will be baked immediately from frozen — simply add an additional minute or two to the baking time.
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Place the entire dry elements 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 velocity for five minutes. It ought to be gentle and fluffy when achieved. Be sure you scrape the perimeters 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 elements to the moist elements 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 a minimum of 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 desire to bake 6 to a baking sheet.
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Bake for 9/11 minutes.
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Let relaxation for five minutes earlier than transferring to a cooling wrack. Let the cookies cool utterly.
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Put together the frosting. Place the cream cheese and butter into the bowl of a stand mixer. Whip collectively till effectively blended and fluffy. If the cream cheese and butter are usually not heat sufficient there is perhaps 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 effectively blended. The velocity will be elevated as soon as the sugar has been included.
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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. Should you skip this step the dough shall be tremendous sticky and exhausting to roll. They might additionally take extra time to bake or they’ll crumble.
- Almond extract can be utilized rather than the vanilla extract.
- Creaming the butter and sugar for five minutes is a step that appears pointless, however when achieved 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 data is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Images: photographs taken on this put up are by Erin from The Picket Skillet.
