Description
Zesty lemon curd cookies blend tangy citrus with buttery sweetness for a delightful treat. Delicate pastries combine creamy filling and crisp edges, promising a perfect balance of flavors for cookie enthusiasts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated white sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup (240 g) lemon curd
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Creaming: Whip butter and sugar into a fluffy, pale mixture using an electric mixer until light and voluminous, approximately 3-4 minutes.
- Binding: Add egg yolks and vanilla extract, blending smoothly to create a unified base with consistent texture.
- Dough Formation: Integrate flour and salt, mixing gently until a cohesive dough develops without overworking the mixture.
- Chilling Preparation: Form dough into a compact ball, wrap in plastic film, and refrigerate for one hour to enhance structural integrity.
- Cookie Shaping: Remove chilled dough and craft small spherical portions, arranging them methodically on a parchment-lined baking sheet with adequate spacing.
- Thumb Impression: Create a gentle indentation in each cookie’s center, forming a perfect receptacle for lemon curd.
- Thermal Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F, ensuring complete temperature stabilization before baking.
- Baking Process: Position tray in oven and bake until cookie edges transform into a delicate golden hue, approximately 12 minutes.
- Cooling and Filling: Transfer cookies to a cooling rack, maintaining slight residual warmth, and carefully fill thumb-pressed centers with vibrant lemon curd.
- Final Preservation: Allow cookies to completely cool, then transfer to an airtight container with parchment paper separators, storing in refrigerator and consuming within four days for optimal taste and texture.
Notes
- Chill Dough Properly: Refrigerating the dough for one hour helps prevent spreading and ensures a more compact, structured cookie shape during baking.
- Create Perfect Indentations: Use your thumb gently but firmly to make uniform wells in cookie centers, ensuring even lemon curd placement without cracking the dough.
- Temperature Matters: Allow cookies to remain slightly warm when adding lemon curd, which helps the filling settle smoothly into the thumb-pressed cavities.
- Storage Strategy: Use parchment paper between cookie layers to prevent sticking and maintain the delicate texture when storing in an airtight container.
- Prep Time: 15min
- Cook Time: 12min
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 204
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 53 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 61 mg