Cream Cheese Meltaways with Lemon Glaze

When shaping these buttery cookies, do not try to form perfectly smooth balls. If the dough is handled too much, the cookies will become heavy and dense.

Yield: 36 cookies (serving size: 1 cookie)

Ingredients

• Cookies:
• 1 1/4  cups  all-purpose flour (about 5 1/2 ounces)
• 1/2  cup  cornstarch
• 1/8  teaspoon  salt
• 1  cup  powdered sugar
• 1/2  cup  butter, softened
• 1/4  cup  (2 ounces) block-style 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 
  Glaze:
• 1 3/4  cups  powdered sugar
• 1/4  cup  fresh lemon juice

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375°.

To prepare cookies, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, cornstarch, and salt in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk.

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). Add flour mixture; stir until just combined (dough will be dry and crumbly). Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. Place balls 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes or until bottoms of cookies are lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes on pans on wire racks. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.

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. Let cookies stand for 30 minutes or until glaze is set.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

85 (32% from fat)

Fat:

3g (sat 1.5g,mono 1.2g,poly 0.1g)

Protein:

0.6g

Carbohydrate:

14.3g

Fiber:

0.1g

Cholesterol:

8mg

Iron:

0.2mg

Sodium:

33mg

Calcium:

3mg