Lemon Bar Cookies
These lemon bar cookies are made with a buttery cookie base, lemon curd, and sprinkled with powdered sugar. The ultimate lemon cookie!
Servings: 30
Calories: 179kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 ¾ cups flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 10 oz. jar of lemon curd
- powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter, shortening, and sugar using an electric mixer. Beat in eggs.
- In a separate bowl whisk flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together.
- Combine dry ingredients with butter/eggs mixture.
- Scoop cookies, using a medium cookie scoop, on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. I usually bake 6 cookies per sheet.Bake for 10 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool for 3 minutes before transferring to wire racks.
- Spread cooled cookies with a thin layer of lemon curd and sprinkle with powdered sugar.Store cookies in an airtight container or cover in plastic in the refrigerator.
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Notes
If you prefer to not use shortening you can use butter instead. The texture of the cookie will be slightly different, but still delicious.
Nutrition
Calories: 179kcal
