Lemon Thumbprint Cookies

These lemon thumbprint cookies are sure to brighten your day with their burst of fresh lemony flavor. The cookies combine melt in your mouth shortbread cookies topped with lemon curd, and a vanilla icing drizzle for the perfect sweet and tangy cookie combo! So good any time of the year.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cookies, Lemon, Lemon Curd, Thumbprint Cookies

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Chilling Time: 1 10

Total Time: 1 30

Servings: cookies

Calories: 132kcal

Ingredients

For the Cookies:

1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour **
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup lemon curd

For the Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar
4 TBS heavy cream
1/8 tsp vanilla extract

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Instructions

For the Cookie Dough:

Add the butter and sugar to a large bowl and beat them together for 2 to 3 minutes until creamy. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl down as needed.
1 cup unsalted butter, 2/3 cup granulated sugar
Add the vanilla extract and mix it into the dough until combined.
1 tsp vanilla extract
Add the flour and salt to the dough and mix it together just until combined. Mix with your hands if needed to mix in the last bits of the flour.
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour, 1/2 tsp salt
Scoop the cookie dough into 1 TBS sized portions and roll them into balls.
Place the cookie dough balls onto a lined cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
Indent the center of the cookies with your finger, or use the bottom of a round 1/2 tsp measuring spoon to press into the cookie.
Place the pans in the fridge to chill for 1 hour.
Fill the cookies carefully with lemon curd, just to the top of the cookie. Place the pan back in the fridge for 10 minutes.
1/2 cup lemon curd
Preheat the oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the bottoms are lightly browned, and the tops are no longer shiny.
Remove the cookies from the oven, and let them cool on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.

For the Glaze:

Add the glaze ingredients to a small bowl and whisk them together.
1 cup powdered sugar, 4 TBS heavy cream, 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
Transfer the glaze into a small ziplock bag and snip the corner off. Drizzle the icing over the top of the cookies, as desired.

Notes

**This is the measurement that can change the most from person to person. It is important to weigh the flour if you have a food scale. 280 grams of flour is perfect for these cookies. If you don't have a food scale spoon the flour carefully into the measuring cup and level the top off with the back of a spoon.

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