If you love lemon curd and lemon bars you'll LOVE these lemon bar cookies! These soft cookies are filled with homemade lemon curd and sprinkled in powdered sugar. Melt in your mouth cookies that are both tangy and sweet.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword lemon bar, lemon curd, sugar cookie, thumbprint
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 11 minutesminutes
Total Time 21 minutesminutes
Servings 30cookies
Calories 136kcal
Ingredients
2cupflour
1/2teaspoonsalt
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1/2teaspooncream of tartar
1/2cupbuttersoftened
1/2cupsugar
1/2cuppowdered sugar
1/2cupvegetable oil
1egg
1/2teaspoonvanilla
3/4cuplemon curd
powdered sugar for decoratingoptional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°
Combine the flours, salt, baking soda and cream of tartar in a small bowl and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the oil, egg and extracts. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture and stir until combined.
Drop one tablespoon dough onto a baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes.
Remove from oven and using the end of a teaspoon or small spoon, make an indentation in the center of each cookie. Fill with a teaspoon of lemon curd. Return to the oven and bake for an additional 3 minutes, or until cookies are firm and lightly browned on the sides. Transfer to wire cooling racks and sprinkle with powdered sugar.