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Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies
Luscious, bright and tangy sugar cookies with lemon filling. These use only 6 ingredients and can be done in just half an hour!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 12 Cookies
Calories: 286 kcal
Course:
Baked Goods
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter Brought to room temperature
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- Zest of 1 lemon
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup lemon curd
Instructions
- Use your hands to rub the lemon zest into the granulated sugar until well combined and fragrant.
- Add the butter and vanilla extract. Cream everything together until light and fluffy with an electric mixer.
- Slowly add the flour, mixing until the dough resembles wet sand.
- Form the dough into golf ball sized dough balls and spread them evenly across the surface of a nonstick cookie sheet, about 1 ½ inches apart.
- Use your thumb to make a good indent into the center of each cookie.
- Fill each indent with a teaspoon of lemon curd or a little more if it fits.
- Bake the cookies in the oven at 350°F for 15 minutes.
- Cool 5 minutes, then remove cookies to wire cooling racks and let the thumbprint cookies cool completely before serving.
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Notes
- If your cookie dough is too crumbly, slowly add 1 teaspoon of water at a time, mixing between until the dough holds together. These cookies will not brown in the oven. You’ll know they’re finished baking when they become matte rather than shiny.
- If your cookie dough is too crumbly, slowly add 1 teaspoon of water at a time, mixing between until the dough holds together. These cookies will not brown in the oven. You’ll know they’re finished baking when they become matte rather than shiny.
Nutrition Information
Calories
286kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
33g
(11%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
16g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
41mg
(14%)
Sodium
150mg
(6%)
Potassium
27mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
17g
(34%)
Vitamin A
473IU
(9%)
Calcium
8mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 286
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 286kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 33g | 11% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 41mg | 14% |
| Sodium | 150mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 27mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 17g | 34% |
| Vitamin A | 473IU | 9% |
| Calcium | 8mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.