Thumbprint Lemon Bar Cookies
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.
Servings 30 cookies
Calories 136kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup lemon curd
- powdered sugar for decorating optional
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.
Notes
Makes 2 1/2 dozen.
Nutrition
Calories: 136kcal