Frosted Lemon Blackberry Cookies
Tangy, buttery lemon cookies, topped with the most heavenly cream cheese frosting and homemade blackberry jam.
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
For the Cookies
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 2 tbsp lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 1 tbsp poppy seeds
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Frosting
- 2 oz cream cheese softened
- 2 oz salted butter softened
- 2 Tablespoons mashed fresh blackberries
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup blackberry jam
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl combine the flour, baking soda and salt.
- In another bowl, cream the butter with white sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg, lemon juice, vanilla extract, lemon zest and poppy seeds and beat to combine.
- Add the flour mixture and mix to combine.
- Drop the dough by rounded tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven for 11-12 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
- To make the frosting, in a small bowl cream the cream cheese and butter.
- Add the mashed blackberries, vanilla extract and cornstarch.
- Add the powdered sugar and beat to combine.
- Pipe the frosting onto cooled cookies.
- Top each cookie with 1 teaspoon of blackberry jam.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 192kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 100mg | Potassium: 30mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 222IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg