Cream Cheese Meltaways with Lemon Glaze

Vegetarian
Cream Cheese Meltaways with Lemon Glaze
45 min.
36
82kcal

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Ingredients

  • 0.5 cup butter softened
  • 0.5 cup cornstarch 
  • 5.5 ounces flour all-purpose
  • 0.3 cup juice of lemon fresh
  • cup powdered sugar 
  • 1.8 cups powdered sugar 
  • 0.1 teaspoon salt 
  • teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

  • bowl
  • baking sheet
  • oven
  • knife
  • whisk
  • blender
  • measuring cup

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 37
  2. To prepare cookies, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
  3. Combine flour, cornstarch, and salt in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
  4. Combine 1 cup powdered sugar, butter, cheese, and vanilla in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy (about 4 minutes).
  5. Add flour mixture; stir until just combined (dough will be dry and crumbly). Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls.
  6. Place balls 2 inches apart on baking sheets.
  7. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes or until bottoms of cookies are lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes on pans on wire racks.
  8. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
  9. To prepare glaze, combine 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar and lemon juice, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Dip tops of cookies in glaze; place on wire racks.
  10. Let cookies stand for 30 minutes or until glaze is set.

Nutrition Facts

Calories82kcal
Protein2.36%
Fat28.51%
Carbs69.13%

Properties

Glycemic Index
3.47
Glycemic Load
2.39
Inflammation Score
-1
Nutrition Score
0.79478260680385%

Flavonoids

Eriodictyol
0.08mg
Hesperetin
0.25mg
Naringenin
0.02mg
Quercetin
0.01mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:81.5kcal
4.07%
Fat:2.6g
4.01%
Saturated Fat:1.63g
10.18%
Carbohydrates:14.21g
4.74%
Net Carbohydrates:14.07g
5.12%
Sugar:9.04g
10.04%
Cholesterol:6.78mg
2.26%
Sodium:28.8mg
1.25%
Alcohol:0.04g
100%
Alcohol %:0.24%
100%
Protein:0.48g
0.97%
Vitamin B1:0.03mg
2.31%
Selenium:1.61µg
2.29%
Folate:8.36µg
2.09%
Vitamin A:78.89IU
1.58%
Manganese:0.03mg
1.57%
Vitamin B2:0.02mg
1.45%
Vitamin B3:0.26mg
1.3%
Iron:0.22mg
1.21%
Source:My Recipes