Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies
Melt in your mouth, tender buttery cookies fill with lemon curd are a dessert lover’s dream come true! Just like your favorite Thumbprint Cookie, now with a burst of sweet citrus flavor.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup room temperature butter - 2 sticks
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup prepared lemon curd - use your favorite brand
- 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar together with a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and mix well.
- Slowly add the flour, 1/2 cup at a time, and continue to mix until blended. The dough will be thick and dense.
- Using a spoon or a #40 scoop, form cookie dough into small balls. Place on the prepared cookie sheets.
- Using your thumb or the end of a wooden spoon, make an indention in the center of the cookie and fill with lemon curd. Place pans in the oven and bake for 18 minutes, checking to make sure the edges of the cookies are slightly golden.
- Remove from the oven and let cookies cool on a wire rack. When cookies are cooled, add more lemon curd to the center well of the cookies. Dust cookies with confectioners sugar. Enjoy!
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