Lemon-Cream Cheese Cookie Cups

Name: Lemon-Cream Cheese Cookie Cups
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters sliced almonds; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 227 grams block 1/3-less-fat cream cheese; 1 large egg; 296 milliliters all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters commercial fat-free lemon curd; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters butter or stick margarine, softened; 118 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Lemon-Cream Cheese Cookie Cups requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 24. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 106 calories. Head to the store and pick up salt, sugar, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

To prepare dough, beat 1/2 cup sugar and butter at medium speed of a mixer until light and fluffy.

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Butter

Dough

Sugar

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Blender

Add vanilla and egg; beat well. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Add flour, baking powder, and salt to sugar mixture; beat at low speed until well-blended. Wrap dough in plastic wrap; freeze 15 minutes. Gently press dough into bottom and up sides of 24 miniature muffin cups coated with cooking spray.

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Baking Powder

Cooking Spray

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Muffin Liners

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare filling, place 1/2 cup sugar and the next 4 ingredients (1/2 cup sugar through cream cheese) in a food processor; process until smooth, scraping sides of processor bowl occasionally. Spoon 1 tablespoon filling into each prepared muffin cup.

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Cream Cheese