Lemon Thumbprint Cookies

Name: Lemon Thumbprint Cookies
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 42 servings
Ingredients: 3 ounces Butter melted; 4 Egg yolks; 2½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; 1 cup lemon curd (homemade or purchased); 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; zest of 1 lemon

Lemon Thumbprint Cookies takes around 45 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe serves 42. This dessert has 74 calories, 1g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving.

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Cook time

45 min

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Servings

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Ingredients

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Nutrition

per serving

74 kcal

Calories

1 g

Protein

3 g

Fat

11 g

Carbs

Ingredients

For 42 servings

Estimated cost~€2.30 · ~€0.05/serving

Instructions

1
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.With a mixer, beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl until well combined. Beat in yolks, lemon zest, lemon juice, and salt.On low speed, beat in flour just until large moist clumps form. You may need to use your hands at this point to form one large ball.
2
Roll tablespoons of dough into balls.
3
Place balls on prepared baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Make a deep indentation in center of each ball.
4
Bake cookies until firm and lightly golden on bottom, about 18 to 20 minutes.
5
Remove cookies from oven and immediately fill indentations with curd.
6
Sprinkle with confectioners sugar before serving.