Recipes: Dessert

Ingredients

• Cookie Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
  • 1⁄4 cup (2 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 1⁄2 cups flour
  • 1⁄2 tsp baking powder
  • 1⁄2 tsp baking soda
  • 1⁄2 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbs. lemon zest

• Frosting Ingredients

  • 3⁄4 cup (6 ounces) cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1⁄3 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Cookie Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• With mixer on medium-high beat butter, granulated sugar and ¼ cup cream cheese until light and fluffy, 2 minutes.
• Add eggs and 1 tsp. vanilla and beat until blended, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and beat until a thick cookie dough forms.
• Stir in lemon zest and gently fold in blueberries.
• Using wet hands, shape dough into 1-inch balls (about 1 Tablespoon each) and arrange on baking sheets. Bake in batches, refrigerating cookie dough balls until ready to bake.
• Bake 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on pan 2 minutes. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely.

Frosting Instructions

• Beat ¾ cup cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla until smooth and blended.
• Frost tops of cookies.