Easy Lemon Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
Thumbprint cookies are one of my favorite cookies to make and to eat. They’re so much fun to make and so pretty. I love the fact that you can fill them with your favorite jelly, but this time I went with a lemon curd filling. I actually made my own lemon curd, but the store bought kind works just as well. These lemon thumbprint cookies truly are for the lemon lovers out there, there’s lemon in the cookie and lots of lemon in the lemon curd, so definitely lemony! They’re also not a very sweet cookie so you can snack away on these by the handful without getting that all too familiar sugar crash.
What Are Thumbprint Cookies
Thumbprint cookies are known as Hallongrotta which is a Swedish pastry. Translated it means “Raspberry Cave“. Thumbprint cookies are really old fashioned but a classic in my book. I decided that these should be lemon caves today, it’s a bright and delicious twist on a classic.
Ingredients
Wet ingredients – Unsalted butter, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla extract, and eggs. Pecans – Ground pecans to form a perfectly nutty flavor and binder in our crust. Flour – All purpose flour. Salt – All of our baked goods need seasoning! No ifs ands or butts about it. Lemon curd – I used my own homemade lemon curd but you can use store bought as well.
Do I Have To Use Pecans?
Well you certainly don’t if you don’t want to! You can use any type of nuts that you like best in this recipe. The nuts can be left out entirely. Just skip the egg white and pecan part in step 5 detailed below.
How To Make Lemon Thumbprint Cookies
How To Make Your Own Lemon Curd
I mean I always say home made is best don’t I? So why not test that theory out with this recipe.
How To Best Zest A Lemon
If you’ve never really zested a lemon before, don’t fret it’s super easy! But there is a certain trick to it so let’s get into it.
Storing Leftovers
Store leftovers cookies in an airtight container, in the fridge for up to a week.
Freezer
To freeze them, store them in an airtight container for up to a month.
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