Cookie Press Lemon Cookies
Cream cheese cookie press cookies with a lemony zest! These Cookie Press Lemon Cookies can be made into festive shapes for any time of the year!
Servings: 60 cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 3 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- zest 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 egg yolk from 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Decoration
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- yellow sprinkles or yellow sugar
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Use mixer fit with paddle attachment to beat butter, cream cheese, and sugar until very smooth and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
- Mix in lemon juice and zest until well combined.
- Add egg yolk and mix until just combined.
- In a small bowl, stir together flour and salt. Gradually beat into butter mixture, about a 1/2 cup at a time, until well incorporated. Scrape down sides as needed.
- Place dough into cookie press and squeeze onto cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart.
- Bake until just golden, about 12-13 minutes. Remove from oven and let cookies cool completely before decorating.
Decoration
- In a small bowl mix together water, lemon juice, and powdered sugar . Work in groups of about 4-6 cookies. Brush a small amount of sugar water over top of cookies and then immediately sprinkle with colored sugar.