Name: Luscious Lemon Snowballs
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: White sugar - 1 ½ cups; Large lemon, zested - 1; Butter, softened - ¼ cup; Cream cheese, softened - ¼ cup; Egg - 1; Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon; Vanilla extract - ½ teaspoon; Baking powder - 1 ½ teaspoons; Salt - ¼ teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups

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20 min.

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Ingredients for - Luscious Lemon Snowballs

1. White sugar - 1 ½ cups

2. Large lemon, zested - 1

3. Butter, softened - ¼ cup

4. Cream cheese, softened - ¼ cup

5. Egg - 1

6. Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon

7. Vanilla extract - ½ teaspoon

8. Baking powder - 1 ½ teaspoons

9. Salt - ¼ teaspoon

10. All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups

How to cook deliciously - Luscious Lemon Snowballs

1. Stage

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.

2. Stage

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.

3. Stage

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

4. Stage

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.

5. Stage

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