Lemon curd cookies are a double delight: Shortbread cookies are good by themselves, but adding lemon curd and zest makes them absolutely fabulous.
Ingredients
- ½ cups unsalted butter: 1 piece (softened)
- white sugar: 0.25 cup
- ½ cups all-purpose flour: 3 piece
- medium lemon, zested: 1 piece
- lemon curd: 0.5 cup
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
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Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl until thoroughly creamed. Gradually mix in flour, 1 cup at a time. Add lemon zest and mix until well blended. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Make an indent in the center of each using your thumb. Put a small spoonful of lemon curd into each indent. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
