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Goat Cheese Cookies

This quick cookie will make your family and friends wonder what secret ingredient you used to make them so delicious!

Course Dessert
Servings 20 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 package refrigerated sugar cookie dough 16 oz
  • 2 ounces goat cheese
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • See variations for optional ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350*. 

  2. Cut cookie dough into smaller chunks and place in bowl of electric mixer. Add goat cheese and mix with the cookie dough. Mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla.

  3. Scoop dough by tablespoons and roll into balls. Keep dough balls in the fridge until ready to bake. Place three inches apart (they spread a lot!) onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Flatten cookies slightly, and bake for 12 - 14 minutes or until edges are starting to turn light golden brown. Tops may still be pale at this point. (Ovens vary so keep an eye on the cookies towards the end of baking and adjust the time accordingly.) 

  4. Cool on the baking sheet for two to three minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Recipe Notes

  • SNICKERDOODLE VARIATION: Mix 1/2 cup granulated sugar with 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Roll cookie dough balls in the cinnamon sugar and bake as directed.
  • LEMON VARIATION: Add 1/2 teaspoon lemon *extract* (not lemon juice) instead of vanilla extract. Bake as directed. Make a glaze by adding drops of milk or water (and two or three drops of lemon extract) to 1/2 cup powdered sugar until desired consistency is met, and drizzle over cooled cookies.
  • CHOCOLATE VARIATION: Add 2 tablespoons cocoa powder to the cookie dough when mixing. Bake as directed. Melt 2 - 3 tablespoons chocolate chips and drizzle over cookies while still warm.
  • CHOCOLATE CHIP VARIATION: Add up to 2 tablespoons of mini chocolate chips to cookie dough and bake as directed.