Filled Lemon Bomb Cookies Recipe
Delightfully soft and tangy Filled Lemon Bomb Cookies featuring a luscious white chocolate and lemon cream cheese filling. These cookies combine a buttery, fluffy base with vibrant citrus flavors and a creamy center, finished with a dusting of powdered sugar for a perfect sweet-tart treat.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: Approximately 12 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 115 g Butter (4 oz), room temperature
- 120 ml Sweetened condensed milk (½ cup)
- ½ tsp Lemon zest
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 190 g All-purpose flour (1½ cups)
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 100 g White chocolate (3.5 oz), chopped into chunks
Filling
- 100 g Butter (3.5 oz), room temperature
- 100 g Cream cheese (3.5 oz), room temperature
- 50 g Powdered sugar (½ cup)
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
- ½ tsp Lemon zest
For Dusting
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Set your oven to 250°C (482°F) and let it fully preheat while you prepare the dough.
- Prepare White Chocolate: Chop the white chocolate into small chunks and set aside for mixing into the dough.
- Mix Wet Ingredients: In a mixing bowl, combine the room temperature butter and sweetened condensed milk. Using a hand mixer, beat the mixture for about 2 minutes until it becomes fluffy and light.
- Add Flavorings: Incorporate the vanilla extract and grated lemon zest into the butter mixture, continuing to mix until fully blended.
- Combine Dry Ingredients: Gradually add the all-purpose flour mixed with baking powder into the wet ingredients. Use a rubber spatula to fold and mix the ingredients gently until you form a dough.
- Add White Chocolate: Fold the chopped white chocolate chunks into the dough evenly.
- Shape and Bake Cookies: Scoop portions of the dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing them evenly. Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes at 250°C. The cookies will appear slightly underbaked in the center, which is desired.
- Prepare Filling: While cookies bake and cool, beat the room temperature butter and cream cheese with a hand mixer until fluffy.
- Add Filling Flavor: Add lemon juice, lemon zest, and powdered sugar to the cream cheese mixture. Mix until smooth and well combined. Refrigerate the filling as the cookies cool.
- Cool and Hollow Cookies: Once cookies have cooled, carefully cut the top of each cookie to create a cavity for the filling.
- Fill and Assemble: Spoon the chilled cream cheese lemon filling into each cookie cavity, then place the cut top back onto the cookie.
- Finish: Lightly dust the filled cookies with powdered sugar before serving.
Notes
- Cookies look underbaked in the middle once baked; this is intentional to keep them soft and perfect for filling.
- Use room temperature ingredients for best mixing results.
- Chilling the filling before assembling helps maintain its shape inside the cookies.
- Store cookies refrigerated to keep the cream cheese filling fresh.
- Serving these cookies slightly chilled enhances the flavor and firmness of the filling.
Keywords: Lemon cookies, filled cookies, cream cheese filling, white chocolate cookies, lemon dessert
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