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Lemon Blueberry Cookies

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Brittanie
If you are looking for a bakery style cookie without the bakery price, these Lemon Blueberry Cookies are it! They are crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside and covered in a butter cream swirled frosting. They are nearly too pretty to eat.
Servings 40 Cookies

Ingredients
  

For The Cookie Dough

  • 2 Sticks of Butter - softened
  • 1 cup of Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon of Vanilla
  • 1 Egg
  • 3 cups of Flour
  • 1 Tablespoon of Baking Powder
  • 1 Tablespoon of Goodman's Lemon Flavoring
  • Yellow Food Coloring Gel

For The Frosting

  • 4 Tablespoons of Butter - softened
  • 4 ounces of Cream Cheese
  • 4 cups of Powdered Sugar
  • Blue Food Coloring Gel
  • Yellow Food Coloring Gel

Instructions
 

  • In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, using the whisk attachment, add the Butter, Sugar, Vanilla, Lemon Flavoring, and Egg, and blend until light and fluffy.
  • Add several drops of the Yellow Food Coloring Gel, until the desired shade of bright yellow is achieved.
  • In a separate bowl, add the Flour, and Baking Powder, and stir well to blend.  Add the Flour a little at a time and mix on low to blend, until all the Flour is added. 
  • Remove the whisk attachment, and use the paddle.  Continue to blend the Cookie dough until it's completely blended and a smooth ball starts to form.  Scrape down the mixing bowl as needed.
  • Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper, and roll the cookie dough into small 1-inch balls and place the balls on the parchment paper.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes, or just until the cookies start to turn a light golden brown around the edges.  About half way through baking the cookies, check the oven, and the cookies may have started to crack a little. 
  • Take a flat bottom glass, dip it in sugar before lightly applying to each cookie - smash the cookies very gently, and slightly, making them a little flatter, and spread out a little more.  This will give the cookies the crinkle look. 
  • When the cookies are done, remove from the oven to a wire rack to cool completely. 
  • While cookies are cooling, make the Frosting.
  • In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, add the softened butter, and cream cheese, and blend to combine.
  • Add the powdered sugar a little at a time, blending after each addition, until the frosting is smooth and fluffy.
  • Divide the Frosting evenly into two bowls. 
  • In one bowl,  add a few drops of the Yellow Food Coloring Gel, and stir to blend until the Frosting is bright Yellow.  If the Frosting thinned a bit add a Tablespoon of Powdered Sugar, and stir to blend.
  • In the other bowl, add a few drops of the Blue Food Coloring Gel, and stir to blend.  If the Frosting thinned a little, add a Tablespoon of Powdered Sugar, and stir well to blend.
  • Using plastic wrap, tear off a piece about 10 inches wide, and place the Frosting length-wise in the middle of the plastic wrap; it will look like two long ribbons of Frosting. Then, roll the plastic wrap around the Frosting, making sure to keep it long, or length-wise like a long ribbon. 
  • Snip the end off of the Plastic wrap, on one end only, and place it in a Pastry bag with the large Star Tip. 
  • Pipe the Frosting onto the cookies, using a swirl, and bring it up to a point.
  • Place a Blueberry on the top of each cookie. 
  • Allow the Frosting to set or firm up a bit, about 30 minutes.  
  • Serve, and Enjoy!

Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
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