Lemon Pie Cookies

Name: Lemon Pie Cookies
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters confectioners sugar, divided, plus more for garnish; 113 grams cream cheese, room temperature; 2 lemons, zested and juiced, divided (about 2 tablespoons zest and 2 tablespoons juice); 1 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature

Lemon Pie Cookies is a vegetarian recipe with 18 servings. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 240 calories, 2g of protein, and 13g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes. If you have unbleached flour, cream cheese, lemon zest, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter, 2 cups of the sugar and salt until smooth.

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Butter

Sugar

Salt

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add all of the lemon juice and half of the zest. On a low speed, add the flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until just incorporated. Turn the cookie dough out onto a board and roll it into a log. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.

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Cookie Dough

Lemon Juice

All Purpose Flour

Roll

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Remove log from the refrigerator and cut it into thin 1/4-inch thick discs. If using 1 baking sheet, bake the cookies in batches. Arrange the discs on 2 silicone or parchment lined baking sheets, 1-inch apart, and bake until the edges are just golden, about 20 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Remove the cookies from the oven and transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Meanwhile, using stand mixer or hand mixer, mix cream cheese with the remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar and remaining half of the lemon zest.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Lemon Zest

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Stand Mixer

Hand Mixer

Top half of the cookies with the cream cheese mixture and cover with another cookie to make a sandwich. Dust the top of the cookie sandwiches with confectioners' sugar and serve.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese