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Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

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These Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies feature a tangy homemade lemon curd nestled in soft, sugar-coated cookies, perfect for a bright and zesty treat.

Ingredients

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Lemon Curd

  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 4 large egg yolks (room temperature)
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 3 Tablespoons salted butter (sliced, room temperature)

Cookies

  • 1⅝ cups all purpose flour
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ⅓ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1 large egg (room temperature)
  • 1 large egg yolk (room temperature)
  • 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2½ Tablespoons lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Lemon Curd Combine sugar, egg yolks, and lemon juice in a small, heatproof glass bowl.
  2. Whisk Whisk until smooth.
  3. Heat Place bowl over a pot of simmering water.
  4. Cook Cook, stirring continually with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, until thickened, about 10 minutes. (If you have a thermometer, cook the curd to 170℉/77℃.)
  5. Remove Remove from heat.
  6. Strain Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a clean bowl.
  7. Mix Stir in butter and lemon zest.
  8. Cool Set aside to cool.
  9. Cookies: Preheat Oven Heat oven to 350℉/177℃.
  10. Prepare Pans Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
  11. Mix Dry Ingredients Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and lemon zest in a large bowl.
  12. Whisk Dry Whisk to combine. Set aside.
  13. Mix Wet Ingredients In a medium bowl, combine eggs, oil, lemon juice, and vanilla.
  14. Whisk Wet Whisk well.
  15. Combine Pour over dry ingredients.
  16. Stir Stir until combined.
  17. Portion Use a medium (1½ Tablespoon) cookie scoop to portion dough.
  18. Shape Roll dough into balls.
  19. Coat Roll each ball in powdered sugar.
  20. Arrange Place 2-inches apart on prepared pans.
  21. Bake Bake for 12 minutes, until cooked but still slightly soft on top.
  22. Remove Remove from oven.
  23. Indent Immediately use the back of a rounded 1½ teaspoon measuring spoon to make a rounded indentation within the center of each cookie.
  24. Fill Fill each cookie with about 1½ teaspoons curd.

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