Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies with Cream Cheese – Slice & Bake
These lemon poppy seed cookies will be a dose of extra sunny cheerfulness on your cookie platters. They’re easy to make and the cream cheese adds an amazing depth to the flavor.
Okay, so lemon poppy seed cookies are not chocolate and mint or gingerbread. Is that a Christmas sin?
Oh well. If lemon poppy seed is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
And slice and bake cookies clearly fall within the Christmas-spirit camp. Especially since you can prep this dough weeks in advance and slice and bake when you need them.
Not to mention, these would taste great all year long. I guess that’s one of the perks of them not being chocolate & mint or gingerbread.
Although I have no issues whatsoever eating those year-round either. It’s always a good time for cookies. Can I get an amen?
About these Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies
The addition of cream cheese makes these cookies super flavorful and rich. They practically melt in your mouth. You’ll love the buttery, lemony taste.
If you aren’t familiar with slice and bake cookies, here’s the low down. Basically, you make cookie dough (and there are LOTS of variations), roll the dough into a log shape (like PlayDough), wrap it well in parchment paper or waxed paper, and refrigerate or freeze it. When you’re ready to bake cookies, simply unwrap the dough log, slice off 1/4 inch slices, and bake. So simple and delicious!
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Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies with Cream Cheese
These lemon poppy seed cookies will be a dose of extra sunny cheerfulness on your cookie platters. They’re easy to make and the cream cheese adds an amazing depth to the flavor.
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 4 tablespoons poppy seeds
- 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 6 ounces room temperature cream cheese
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- yellow sugar for decorating edges (optional)
Instructions
Whisk flour, salt, lemon zest, and poppy seeds in a large bowl; set aside. Place butter and cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer. Using the paddle attachment, beat on medium speed until pale and fluffy (approximately 2 minutes). Add sugar, vanilla and lemon extract and mix until combined. While mixer is running on low-speed, add flour mixture, and continue to mix until just combined.
Transfer half of dough to a large sheet of parchment paper. Shape into a long log about 2 inches in diameter. Wrap in parchment paper and repeat with other half of the dough. Freeze until firm, at least 30 minutes or up to 2 weeks.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper. Unwrap one log, roll in yellow sugar if desired. Cut into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Place approximately 1 inch apart on baking sheet.
- Bake cookies until golden around edges, 16 to 18 minutes. Let cool slightly before removing from trays and letting cool completely on wire racks.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 48 Serving Size: 1 cookieAmount Per Serving: Calories: 80Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 59mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 0gSugar: 6gProtein: 1g
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Husband’s take: Although these lemon poppy seed cookies stray far from his beloved whole wheat chocolate chip cookies, I’ve definitely seen him grabbing these out of the freezer to snack on.
Changes I would make: None.
Difficulty: Easy!
18 Comments on “Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies with Cream Cheese – Slice & Bake”
These look amazing! I’m going to make this and i try to impress to my family, Thanks for sharing
I hope they love them as much as we do!
I am way into lemon right now! Love these cookies!
Thank you! So glad you like them!
Great looking recipes .
These cookies are very nice. I have made them many times. They are light-tasting and pretty. The recipe makes a lot so I always freeze some of the dough.
So glad you liked them!
So great, you make this look beautiful like an artist. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
These look amazing! I’m going to pass this on to my dad, so he can try them out. He’s a bit of a cookie whiz. :D
What a great flavor for slice and bake cookies! These look so good!
Seriously can’t get enough citrus-flavored treats in my life lately (or ever, tbh ;)). I’m drooling just looking at these!
Thank you! And I wholeheartedly agree on the topic of all things citrus!
they’re pretty
Thank you so much Denise!
Hey, how beautiful are these. I Love them.
Thank you!
Love that you gave them a yellow “rind”
I didn’t even think of it looking like a rind! I just thought it would be pretty. ;) Love it when things work out that way!