Cheesecake Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup fine graham cracker crumbs
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon half-and-half

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until blended.
• 2 add egg, lemon rind and lemon juice; mix well.
• 3 combine flour and baking powder and add to first mixture and blend well; cover. chil for at least 1 hour. shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in graham cracker crumbs. arrange on ungreased baking sheets.
• 4 with finger make an indentation in center of each cookie. fill with level 1/2 teaspoonful of filling (see below).
• 5 bake at 350f for about 20 minutes. remove to wire racks to cool; store airtight.
• 6 cheese filling:.
• 7 beat together all filling ingredients until smooth.