Lemon Curd Cookies
Sweet and buttery Lemon Curd Cookies. A soft and chewy thumbprint cookie filled with sweet and creamy lemon curd. These are the perfect cookies to enjoy through spring and summer!
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 100kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Cup butter unsalted
- 1/2 Cup granulated white sugar
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla
- 2 Cups all purpose flour
- 2 Egg yolks
- Pinch salt
- 3/4 cup lemon curd
Instructions
- Combine the flour and the salt and set aside.
- Add the butter and sugar to a large mixing bowl and mix on high until light and fluffy. This will take about 3-4 minutes. Add in the egg yolks and vanilla extract and mix on high for a minute. Add the flour and stir in until combined.
- Form the dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for about one hour.
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper and make about 36 balls with your dough. Place them evenly spaced out on your baking tray (in batches) and use your thumb to make an impression in the middle of each ball. .
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree F/180 degrees C oven for about 12 minutes. Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack.
- Fill the centres with lemon curd while the cookies are still warm.
- Allow the cookies to cool and set at room temperature.
- Store in an airtight container between sheets of parchment paper. Keep in the fridge up to about four days.
*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Notes
- Chill the dough – If you don’t chill your dough, the cookies will spread out when baked and you won’t end up with a thumbprint cookie. So, chill that dough. This cookie dough can be made in advance and even frozen. I’ve made it the day before using before, but just and hour is fine.
- Weigh cookie dough balls – To keep things neat, you can weigh out your cookie balls. I’m pretty sure they were about 15 grams each. Then I rolled them into neat little balls, like you see below. For a regular sized baking tray, you should be able to get 15 cookies on the sheet at one time.
- Watch bake time – All ovens bake differently, these baked at exactly 12 minutes in my oven. If you want a crisper cookie, I recommend baking them until they start to slightly brown on the edges. This will take about 2 - 3 minutes longer than baking times stated.
Nutrition Facts
Lemon Curd Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 100
Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Trans Fat 0.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 24mg8%
Sodium 15mg1%
Potassium 10mg0%
Carbohydrates 11g4%
Fiber 0.2g1%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 172IU3%
Calcium 4mg0%
Iron 0.4mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.