This year, I chose to bake these cookies ahead of other cookies as I have all the ingredients ready. I have doubled the portion of this recipe to make more for giveaways.
Verdict - cookie dough is easy to prepare so long as the cream cheese is soft at room temperature. Very buttery and aromatic with the lemon zest and cheese. The citrus flavour make these cookies quite addictive. They are crunchy but not the melt in the mouth type of cookies.
Ingredients
[double portion in red - makes 140 pieces]
140 gm cream cheese ( room temperature] [280 gm]
70 gm butter [140 gm]100 gm castor sugar [200 gm]
1/8 tsp salt [1/4 tsp]
20 ml lemon juice [40 ml]
1 tbsp lemon zest [zest of 1 lemon]
215 gm all purpose flour [430 gm]
20 g poppy seeds [40 gm]
1 tsp baking powder [2 tsp]
1/8 tsp bicarbonate of soda [1/4 tsp]
20 ml lemon juice [40 ml]
1 tbsp lemon zest [zest of 1 lemon]
215 gm all purpose flour [430 gm]
20 g poppy seeds [40 gm]
1 tsp baking powder [2 tsp]
1/8 tsp bicarbonate of soda [1/4 tsp]
- Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda in to a bowl. Stir in the poppy seeds.
- Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until creamy and fluffy.
- Add in salt, lemon zest and lemon juice. Mix well.
- Fold in flour mixture on lowest speed in several batches. Mix well.
- Rest dough for 10 minutes. Shape into small balls, place on baking tray lined with parchment paper [leaving some space in between the balls] and use a fork to press the dough to create a design before baking. I used the serrated plastic cutter to make the design.
- Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees C [middle rack] for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove to cool on wire rack before storing in airtight container.
I'm submitting this post to Best Recipes for Everyone Jan and Feb 2015 Event Theme:
My Homemade Cookies by Fion of XuanHom's Mom and co-host by Victoria Baking Into The Ether
I'm also linking this post to My Treasured Recipes #5 - Chinese New Year Goodies Jan/Feb 2015
oh lovely!!! the cookies with the addition of poppy seeds must render these with a good texture..
ReplyDeleteam loving your series of cookie bakes Kimmy!
thank you for linking up to Best Recipes!
Cheese and lemon always go well,so I believed that this must be another yummy choice as CNY cookie.
ReplyDeleteKimmy, it's interesting that cream cheese is used in this cookie batter. It should be good with fresh lemony flavour.
ReplyDeleteHi Kimmy,
ReplyDeleteI like lemony fragrance and citrus flavour cookies. Thanks for sharing this recipe. If time permits, will bake some this year ^-^!
Hi Kimmy, your cream cheese cookies look delicious. Plan to try it out. Can I leave out the poppy seeds cos I can't find them in Spore. thanks for sharing.:)
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ReplyDeleteHi Kimmy,
Lemon and poppy seeds, I love this combo.
These cookies must be bursting with citrus flavor.
Like!
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Hi Victoria, thanks for hosting the event too for me to share some lovely cookies recipes. So far I find this year's cookies that I baked very satisfactory cos' I saw my hubby nodding his head while enjoying the cookies [those extras left].
ReplyDeleteHi Aunty Young, the cheese and lemon do make a difference in these cookies and moreover these aren't sweet.
ReplyDeleteHi Phong Hong, there is butter and cheese in these cookies. The lemony fragrance and taste is different from the usual buttery sweet cookies.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, it was the lemon and cheese ingredients that caught my attention to this cookie recipe. One of the first cookies that I baked for CNY.
ReplyDeleteHi Madeline, I think you can cos' the poppy seeds doesn't affect the flavour or taste of this cookie. It's more for looks...
ReplyDeleteHi Mui Mui, this cookie smells good while baking. My neighbour commented that he smells something good from my kitchen but didn't get to see what it is cos' I never share some with him, hehehe!
ReplyDeleteKimmy, the lemony fragrance of your cookies have lured me here...may I have some please? ;p
ReplyDeleteHi Kimmy, can you taste the cheese in the cookies? a new recipe to me:)
ReplyDeleteHi Jeannie, yes you can as you bite and munch on it. The proportion of cheese to butter is quite a lot. It could be noticeable if you are used to cheese flavour.
ReplyDeleteHi Cheryl, you are most welcome to have some. No problem to share, share, yours or mine, hehehe!
ReplyDeleteI never thought that using cream cheese in my cookies,brilliant idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with Best Recipes :)
Hi Fion, these cookies are buttery and the cream cheese gives the extra aroma.
ReplyDeleteHi, I made this cookies according to the recipe... but I'm using icing sugar instead of castor sugar. Is this affecting the outcome? my cookies taste chewy in the middle... when the outer is already turning golden?? If I bake longer it taste a bit harder at the outside but inside still chewy... =(
ReplyDeleteHi Angel, these cookies are not chewy but has a bite after baking. The thickness of the cookies and your oven heat could be the cause of them to be under-baked or brown.
ReplyDeleteThis is under-baked right? If I baked longer it get burn at the bottom.. I guess it's the oven heat problem?
ReplyDeleteHi Angel, the original recipe uses 190 C for 20-25 minutes which is too hot. I reduced it to 180 C and baked for a shorter time and made the cookies smaller and not that thick. It turned out just nice.
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