Soft Lemon Curd Cookies Recipe

Cooking Tree will show you how to make a homemade version of this delectable recipe for Soft Lemon Curd Cookies.

– 130g Sugar – 1g Salt – Lemon zest – 80g Melted unsalted butter – 3g Vanilla extract – 15g Lemon juice – 2 (100g) Egg – Yellow food coloring (optional)

INGREDIENTS

– 300g Cake flour – 5g Baking powder – 2 Egg yolk – 40g Sugar – a pinch of Salt – 8g Cornstarch – 40g Milk – 60g Lemon juice – Lemon zest – 20g Unsalted butter

INGREDIENTS

1. Zest 2 lemons and squeeze the juice from the lemons. 2. Mix the lemon zest (3/5 of the prepared lemon zest) in a bowl with the sugar and salt. 3. Mix in the melted butter, vanilla extract, and lemon juice.

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Make Lemon Cookie

4. Beat in the eggs (room temperature) (If you want to add extra yellow coloring, do so at this point). 5. Sift in the flour and baking powder and stir to combine. 6. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for about an hour.

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Make Lemon Cookie

1. Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar and salt. 2. Whisk in the cornstarch, then whisk in the milk and lemon juice. 3. Stir in the lemon zest (leftover zest from the cookies).

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Make the lemon curd

4. Bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly (about 10 minutes). (You want to make sure the egg yolks are heated and cooked enough so they don't taste fishy)

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Make the lemon curd

5. Remove from the heat, add the butter and melt, strain through a sieve, cover with plastic wrap, and leave to cool at room temperature. 6. Break off about 15 grams of cookie dough, roll them into balls, and coat them generously in powdered sugar.

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Make the lemon curd

7. Place on a baking sheet and use a measuring spoon to firmly press down the center of the cookie dough. 8. Bake in a 165-degree oven for about 12 minutes (preheat 185 degrees).

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Make the lemon curd

9. Once cooled to room temperature, mix in the lemon curd and place in a squeeze pouch. 10. Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, press down on the center again with a measuring spoon. 11. Once the cookies have cooled slightly, squeeze the lemon curd into the center.

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Make the lemon curd