Time
0 min
Serving
60 persons
Calories
98
Treat your family with these thumbprint cookies filled with lemony goodness!
Ingredients
- butter or margarine: 1 cup (softened)
- sugar: 1 cup
- cream cheese: 1 pack (3 ounce pack, softened)
- egg yolk, reserving egg white: 1 piece
- ReaLemon® lemon juice from concentrate: 3 Tbsp
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.25 tsp
- ¼ cups unsifted flour: 2 piece
- egg white: 1 piece
- nuts: 2 cups (finely chopped)
- cream cheese: 1 pack (3 ounce pack, softened)
- sugar: 0.25 cup
- egg yolk: 1 piece
- ReaLemon® lemon juice from concentrate: 1 Tbsp
- drop yellow food coloring: 1 piece
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Stages of cooking
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Combine all ingredients except egg white, flour, nuts and Lemon Cheese Filling. With mixer, beat until well blended. Beat in flour. Wrap dough in plastic wrap.
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Chill at least 1 hour.
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Shape into 1-inch balls. With mixer, beat egg white lightly. Dip balls in egg white; roll in nuts. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Press thumb deep into center of each cookie; fill with Lemon Cheese Filling (recipe below).
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Bake in preheated 375 degrees oven 10 minutes or until filling is set. Cool slightly; remove from baking sheets. Store tightly covered in refrigerator.
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Lemon Cheese Filling Directions: Beat cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk, ReaLemon® and 1 drop of yellow food coloring, if desired, until well blended and smooth.
