Light, crispy lemon cookies are perfect for snacking! They’re fun to make, too, using your own creative carrot cookie press.
Lemon Decorator Cookies
- Prep Time 0 min
- Total 2 hr 9 min
- Servings 5
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- Large carrots
- Additional sugar

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Mix butter and cream cheese in large bowl. Stir in 1/2 cup sugar and the lemon peel. Gradually stir in flour. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm. Make Carrot Press.
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Step2Heat oven to 375°F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten to about 1/4-inch thickness with Carrot Press dipped in sugar. Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Carrot Press: Cut 1 1/2-inch-diameter carrot into 2-inch lengths. Cut decorative design about 1/8 inch deep in cut end of carrot, using a small, sharp knife, the tip of a vegetable peeler or another small, sharp kitchen tool.
Nutrition
60
Calories
4 g
Total Fat
1 g
Protein
5 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 60
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4 g
- Saturated Fat
- 2 g
- Cholesterol
- 10 mg
- Sodium
- 25 mg
- Potassium
- 5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 5 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- Protein
- 1 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fat;Recipe Tips
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