Ingredients
60
60 servings
- •½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- •3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- •½ cup white sugar
- •1 large egg yolk
- •1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon zest
- •1 teaspoon lemon extract
- •1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- •½ teaspoon salt
- •5 drops yellow food coloring (Optional)
- •60 cinnamon red hot candies, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk, lemon peel, and lemon extract and beat well.
- Sift flour and salt together in a bowl. Add to the bowl with the butter mixture in 3 additions, mixing well after each. Add food coloring and mix in thoroughly.
- Press cookies 1 inch apart onto the prepared baking sheet using a cookie press fitted with a flower disc. Press 1 red hot cinnamon candy into the center of each cookie.
- Bake in the preheated oven until just starting to turn golden brown on the edges, 14 to 16 minutes; do not overbake.
- Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutritional Facts
Per 60 servings
- Calories: 41
- Carbohydrate: 5g
- Fat: 2g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Sugar: 2g
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