Lemon Pie Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar, divided, plus more for garnish
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 lemons, zested and juiced, divided (about 2 tablespoons zest and 2 tablespoons juice)
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature

Recipe

• 1 directions.
• 2 in the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter, 1 cup of the sugar and salt until smooth. add all of the lemon juice and half of the zest. on a low speed, add the flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until just incorporated. turn the cookie dough out onto a board and roll it into a log. cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.
• 3 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 4 remove log from the refrigerator and cut it into thin 1/4-inch thick discs. if using 1 baking sheet, bake the cookies in batches. arrange the discs on 2 silicone or parchment lined baking sheets, 1-inch apart, and bake until the edges are just golden, about 20 minutes. remove the cookies from the oven and transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 5 meanwhile, using stand mixer or hand mixer, mix cream cheese with the remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar and remaining half of the lemon zest.
• 6 top half of the cookies with the cream cheese mixture and cover with another cookie to make a sandwich. dust the top of the cookie sandwiches with confectioners' sugar and serve.