Luscious Lemon Snowballs

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!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 106 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.

Step 2

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.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are firm on bottoms, 10 to 12 minutes.