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Ooey Gooey Lemon Cookies
24 servings / cookies

[ INGREDIENTS ]

Salted Butter
Cream Cheese
Fresh Lemon Zest
Granulated Sugar
Egg
Vanilla Extract
Lemon Extract
All-Purpose Flour
Baking Powder
Confectioners Sugar

TOPPING

Confectioners' Sugar

[ INSTRUCTIONS ]

1. Preheat oven to 350 F or 180 C.
2. In a large bowl using a hand-held mixer beat :
   
   1/2 Cup Salted Butter, Softened;
   1 Package Cream Cheese, Softened;
   1 Teaspoon Fresh Lemon Zest;
   1 1/2 Cups Granulated Sugar;
   until blended.
3. Add :
   
   1 Large Egg, Room Temperature;
   1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract;
   1 Teaspoon Lemon Extract;. ¹
4. Add :
   
   2 1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour;
   3 Teaspoons Baking Powder;
   1/2 Cup Confectioners Sugar;.
5. With the mixer on low, gradually beat into creamed mixture.
6. Using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop dough and then roll in :
   
   1/2 Cup Confectioners' Sugar;.
7. Place approximately 6 dough balls on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. ( Cookies will spread )
8. Bake until they no longer appear wet on top, 8 to 11 minutes.
9. After about 5 minutes cooling on the pan ( they will be soft ), place on cooling racks to cool completely.

[ NOTE ]

¹ If you don’t have lemon extract, you can use fresh lemon juice. Here is a simple equivalency:
1 Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice = 1/2 Teaspoon Lemon Extract
1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest = 1 Teaspoon Lemon Extract

For this recipe specifically, you would use 2 Tablespoons of Fresh Lemon Juice instead of lemon extract, which is about 1 Medium Lemon.

::: View the original recipe for Ooey Gooey Lemon Cookies at iambaker.net