Berry Lemon Cookie Cups

Who needs a fun and festive treat to bring to their 4th of July party?!  These Berry Lemon Cookie Cups are easy and delicious.  I couldn't stop eating these.. The cookie, the filling and the fruit were all soooo good!  These cookies aren't just for a patriotic holiday, pair them with any color fruit and make them all the time!

what you need:

Cookie-

1 1/2 cup flour

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp lemon zest

Lemon Filling-

1 (8oz) package cream cheese

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp lemon zest

1 Tbs lemon juice

Toppings-

any fruit you desire

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray 12 standard size muffin tin cups with a nonstick cooking   spray.

2.  In a bowl, mix together the flour, salt and baking soda together and set aside.

3.  In a medium size bowl, cream together with an electric mixer the butter and sugar for 2-3 min.  Add the egg, vanilla and lemon zest until well combined.

4.  Take the flour mixture and slowly add it to the wet mixture until combined.

5.  Take a 1 1/2 inch cookie scoop and scoop the dough into each muffin tin cup.  Press the dough down to the bottom of the cup and up about half of the way up the cup.  This should make a cup shape.

6.  Bake for 10 minutes, or until the edges turn golden.  Remove from the oven.  Take the back of the cookie scoop and press the center of the cookie down forming a cup.  Let the cookies cool completely.

7.  For the filling- cream the cream cheese with an electric mixer for a minute.  Add the sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice and cream together.

8.  Spoon the filling into the cookie cups and top with fruit.

9.  Serve immediately or put in the fridge to keep cool.

recipe inspired by http://www.spoonfulofflavor.com/