luscious lemon snowballs

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 large lemon, zested
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 30 mins


• 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.