Name: Lemon Cheesecake Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 60
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, softened - ½ cup; Cream cheese, softened - 3 ounces; White sugar - ½ cup; Egg yolk - 1 large; Freshly grated lemon zest - 1 tablespoon; Lemon extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 1 ¾ cups; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Yellow food coloring (Optional) - 5 drops; Cinnamon red hot candies, or as needed - 60

Ingredients for - Lemon Cheesecake Cookies

1. Unsalted butter, softened ½ cup

2. Cream cheese, softened 3 ounces

3. White sugar ½ cup

4. Egg yolk 1 large

5. Freshly grated lemon zest 1 tablespoon

6. Lemon extract 1 teaspoon

7. All-purpose flour 1 ¾ cups

8. Salt ½ teaspoon

9. Yellow food coloring (Optional) 5 drops

10. Cinnamon red hot candies, or as needed 60

How to cook deliciously - Lemon Cheesecake Cookies

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2 . Stage

Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk, lemon peel, and lemon extract and beat well.

3 . Stage

Sift flour and salt together in a bowl. Add to the bowl with the butter mixture in 3 additions, mixing well after each. Add food coloring and mix in thoroughly.

4 . Stage

Press cookies 1 inch apart onto the prepared baking sheet using a cookie press fitted with a flower disc. Press 1 red hot cinnamon candy into the center of each cookie.

5 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until just starting to turn golden brown on the edges, 14 to 16 minutes; do not overbake.

6 . Stage

Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.