LUSCIOUS LEMON SNOWBALLS

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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!

Provided by Baking J

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Lemon Dessert Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 ½ cups white sugar
1 large lemon, zested
¼ cup butter, softened
¼ cup cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

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.
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.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
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.
Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are firm on bottoms, 10 to 12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 105.9 calories, Carbohydrate 18.7 g, Cholesterol 15.5 mg, Fat 3 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.3 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 78.6 mg, Sugar 12.6 g