LEMON BAR  COOKIES

These Lemon Bar Cookies house all the flavors of summer with their perfectly citrusy sweet taste. The zingy tartness of lemon pairs perfectly with the richness of cream cheese and powdered sugar to make a delightful cookie recipe. Nix those typical cookie flavors and give these a shot instead!

INGREDIENTS

– All purpose flour – Instant Lemon Pudding Mix – Baking powder – Salt – Cream cheese – Unsalted butter – Granulated sugar – Lemon zest – Large egg – Lemon extract – Lemon Juice – Powdered sugar

Helpful Tip- Make note that the dough will be sticky even upon coming out of the refrigerator. The powdered sugar will help with this issue. So, don’t think you messed up the dough for these lemon pudding cookies.

01.

Combine flour, lemon pudding mix, baking powder, and salt. Mix together with a whisk. Set aside. Using your electric mixer or beaters, beat together cream cheese, butter, sugar, extract and zest.

02.

Add egg and beat until combined. Mix in lemon juice, zest. Slowly add flour mixture to wet mixture, beating on slow until just combined.

03.

Scoop out 1 in rounds and roll in a bowl of powdered sugar *note dough will be sticky. 

04.

Bake for 9-11 minutes or until edge a just barely browned. Cool on cookie sheet for 10 minutes then cool completely on cooling rack.

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