My Mom’s Favorite Holiday Cookie

Full disclosure: This is a picture I found on DepositPhotos. I haven’t made them yet this year because there is far too much going on to bake. But I plan to. In the meantime, you can enjoy them.. They are so yummy!

You might think that lemon is not a flavor of the holidays, but you wouldn’t dare say it to my mom. She loved the flavor of lemons and she loved these cookies. She called them snowballs. I’m happy to share the recipe with you.

Ingredients

• 8 oz cream cheese, softened 

• 1⁄4cup  butter, softened 

• 1 package lemon cake mix

• 1⁄4teaspoon  vanilla

• 1 egg

Pre-heat oven to 375.

Let’s Make Cookies!

Combine cream cheese and butter. (You can do it by hand but using a mixer makes it creamier.)

Mix in 1/2 of the cake mix, the egg and the vanilla until smooth. (Make sure your mixer is on low if you’re using one.)

Stir in the rest of the cake mix.

Drop dough by teaspoon onto a cookie sheet.

Bake 8-10 minutes.

While still warm, dust liberally with powdered sugar.