Cream Cheese Drop Cookies

Name: Cream Cheese Drop Cookies
Yield: Makes 4 dozen
Ingredients: 1 tblsp. lemon juice; 1 tsp. vanilla; 1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese; 1 c. sifted confectioners sugar; 1 c. chopped pecans; Sifted confectioners sugar (for rolling); 2 tsp. grated lemon peel; 2 c. sifted cake flour; ¾ c. butter

Preparation info

Makes
4 dozen

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Lemon and cheese flavors blend tastily

Ingredients

¾ c. butter
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Cream butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Gradually add 1 c. confectioners sugar, beating thoroughly. Stir in lemon juice, vanilla and lemon peel. Add flour and mix well. Stir in nuts.
Drop by scant teaspoonfuls about 2" apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake in slow oven (300°) about 25 minutes, until set but not brown. While hot roll in sifted conf