Description
Soft, buttery lemon snowball cookies with a creamy citrus center and powdered sugar coating.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth, then mix in powdered sugar, lemon juice, zest, and salt and freeze until firm.
- Beat butter and powdered sugar until fluffy, then mix in vanilla and lemon zest.
- Add flour and salt gradually to form soft dough.
- Wrap dough around frozen filling and roll into balls.
- Bake at 350°F for 12–14 minutes until lightly golden underneath.
- Cool briefly and roll in powdered sugar twice.
Notes
- Freeze filling before assembly.
- Do not overfill cookies.
- Chill dough briefly if too soft.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 85mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg