Lemon Goat Cheese Cookies
If you want to try one of these smooth, tangy cookies, Winslow's Home on Delmar in St. Louis sells one that's very similar. This recipe can be viewed step-by-step at baker.bettie.com.
Ingredients
- For the cookies
- 6 oz about 1 cup goat cheese, soft
- 1 stick unsalted butter soft
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- zest and juice of 1 large lemon
- 2¼ cup flour
- For the frosting
- 3 oz goat cheese about ½ cup, soft
- juice of 1 lemon
- 3½ cups powdered sugar
- lemon zest for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, cream together the goat cheese, butter, and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Mix in the lemon juice and zest.
- Mix in the flour.
- Use a small scoop (about 1 Tbs.) and drop rounded balls of dough onto cookie sheets.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes until set. Cookies should not brown and will not spread very much.
- Allow to cool completely before frosting.
- For the frosting
- Beat together the goat cheese and lemon juice until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar in ½ cup at a time, mixing until incorporated. Add enough powdered sugar until it is thicker than a glaze but not quite a thick frosting.
- Frost cooled cookies and quickly add a bit of zest to each.
- Allow frosting to set.
