Creamy Lemon Berry Cookie Cups Recipes

CREAMY LEMON-BERRY COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 30 mini muffin cups with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix cookie cup ingredients. Drop 1 tablespoon dough into each mini muffin cup. Press in bottoms and up sides to form cups.
• Bake 10 minutes. Using end of wooden spoon, press indentation in each. Return to oven; bake 1 minute longer. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely.
• Fill each cookie cup with 1/2 teaspoon jam.
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese and frosting with electric mixer on medium speed. Beat in lemon peel and vanilla. Fold in whipped cream. Top each cookie cup with mixture.
• Refrigerate cookie cups at least 10 minutes until set. Top with garnish before serving.

CREAMY LEMON BERRY DESSERT

Steps:

• DISSOLVE cherry gelatin in 3/4 cup boiling water in medium bowl. Stir in preserves. Coat 6-cup ring mold with no-stick cooking spray. Pour gelatin mixture into mold. Chill 30 minutes.
• DISSOLVE lemon gelatin in 1 cup boiling water in medium bowl. Add sweetened condensed milk and sour cream. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Pour over chilled berry layer. Chill 2 hours or until firm. Unmold onto serving platter.
• COMBINE 1 cup raspberries and 1 cup blackberries. Fill center of mold. Garnish outside of dessert with remaining berries and mint leaves.

LEMON BAR COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Spray a mini muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and baking powder; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Gradually beat in dry ingredients until combined.
• Roll into 1" sized balls and place in muffin tin.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Press the insides of the cookies down with the backside of a spoon to make an indent for filling; let cool.
• To make the filling, cream together 6 Tablespoons softened butter with 1 cup sugar.
• Mix in 2 eggs and just the yolks from the other 2 eggs, and beat until well combined.
• Add lemon juice and mix until combined, there will still be some lumps.
• Pour filling mixture into a saucepan over medium heat.
• Whisk constantly for 5 minutes, or until smooth and thickened.
• Remove lemon curd from heat and let cool for 2-3 minutes.
• Carefully spoon a teaspoon of lemon curd into each cookie cup.
• Top cookie cups with lemon zest of one lemon, and place in fridge for 30 minutes, or until lemon curd has set up.
• Remove cookie cups from pan using a butter knife and sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

LEMON RASPBERRY COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 36 mini muffin cups.
• Combine sugar and 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon lemon zest in a bowl. Rub sugar and lemon zest with your fingers until sugar is moist and fragrant. Add butter and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg and beat well. Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt until incorporated.
• Fill each mini muffin cup 3/4 full of dough.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Use a spoon to flatten any cookie cups that have risen over the rim of the tins. Make a well in the center of the warm cookie cups with your finger or a small spoon. Chill cookie cups, still in the tins, for 30 to 60 minutes.
• Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add lemon juice and zest. Beat in powdered sugar until frosting is fluffy.
• Remove cold cookie cups from the tins. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon raspberry jam into each one. Pipe frosting on top of the jam to cover it completely. Add a dot of raspberry jam to the center for a pretty presentation, if desired.