Cream Cheese Cookies
Why I Love This Recipe
Great tasting cookie. They have a lemon flavor.
Ingredients You'll Need
3/4 cup butter, room temperature
1 (3 ounces) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1 Tablespoon lemon zest
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 cups cake flour
1 cup chopped pecans
Directions
Preheat oven at 300 degrees.
Cream together butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Gradually add sugar and beat hard. Stir in vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Add flour, mixing well. Stir in nuts. Push small amount from spoon onto a greased baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until delicate brown. While hot, roll in powdered sugar.
Makes 4 dozen
Nutrition Facts
Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies
24 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 155.8
Total Fat 10.7 g
Saturated Fat 4.7 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.4 g
Monounsaturated Fat 3.9 g
Cholesterol 19.1 mg
Sodium 51.7 mg
Potassium 39.7 mg
Total Carbohydrate 13.9 g
Dietary Fiber 0.8 g
Sugars 5.2 g
Protein 1.9 g