Lemon Cookies with Cream Filling
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
Sugar
150 g
Lemon (zest)
2 piece
Butter
130 g
Egg
1 piece
Lemon (juice)
2 tbsp
Vanilla
1 tsp
Flour
200 g
Baking powder
1 tbsp
Cream Filling
Heavy cream
150 g
Powdered sugar
50 g
Cream cheese
200 g
Instructions
Prepare lemon zest and juice
Zest 2 lemons and squeeze 2 tablespoons of juice from them.
Cream butter and sugar
In a bowl, cream together 130 g butter and 150 g sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg and lemon
Add 1 egg, lemon zest, 2 tbsp lemon juice and vanilla. Mix until combined.
Add dry ingredients
Add 200 g flour and 1 tbsp baking powder. Mix until dough forms.
Shape and bake cookies
Form small balls from the dough and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 180°C for 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly golden.
Prepare cream filling
Whip 150 g heavy cream with 50 g powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Fold in 200 g cream cheese.
Assemble cookies
Once cookies are cooled, spread or pipe cream filling on half of them and sandwich with the remaining cookies.
Original recipe
Storage
Store filled cookies in an airtight container. Unfilled cookies can be frozen for up to 1 month.
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