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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!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword lemon bar, lemon bar cookies, lemon curd cookies
Prep Time 10 minutes
cooling 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 30
Calories 179kcal

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 3/4 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 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