Gooey Brown-Butter Lemon Cookies

Name: Gooey Brown-Butter Lemon Cookies
Yield: Makes 12 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup (250 mL) yellow cake mix (store-bought); Zest of 1 lemon; ½ cup (125 mL) brown butter, melted; ¼ cup (60 mL) icing sugar; ¼ cup (60 mL) light brown sugar; ½ cup (125 mL) softened unsalted butter; 2 egg yolks; ¼ tsp (1 mL) sea salt; ¾ cup (180 mL) cream cheese

Preparation info

Makes
12
cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Bacon, Butter, Bourbon and Chocolate Cookbook

By Bruno Feldeisen

Published 2024

About

The last time I made these delicious gooey cookies with my son, they never had a chance to make it into the cookie tin. The cookies were all devoured within minutes after they cooled. As my son would say, “We are cookie monsters!”

Ingredients

¾ cup (180 mL) cream cheese
½ cup (125

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).

In an electric mixing bowl with the paddle attachment, cream together the cream cheese, butter and brown sugar on low speed. While mixing, add the sea salt and egg yolks. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure the mixture is free of cream che