Cherry Cream Cheese Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter

  softened
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese

  softened
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tsp. grated lemon rind

  (fresh preferred)
• 4 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 3/4 cup cherry preserves
• 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar

  (or as needed)

Instructions

• 1 Combine butter, granulated sugar and softened cream cheese in a mixing bowl with
  an electric mixer, mixing until well blended.
• 2 Blend in eggs, lemon juice and rind.
• 3 Add combined dry ingredients; mix well.
• 4 Chill dough at least one hour.
• 5 Shape level tablespoonfuls of dough and roll into balls.
• 6 Place on cookie sheets sprayed with cooking spray.
• 7 Using thumb or finger indent centers; fill each indentation with about 1/8 to ¼
  tsp. of cherry preserves.
• 8 Bake at 350° for about 15-20 minutes.
• 9 Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks after 10 minutes of baking time.
• 10 Cool; sift confectioner’s sugar over top of each cookie. 

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