Lemon Cooler Sandwich Cookies
Lemon Cookies are delicate soft flakey cookies with a purchased lemon curd filling. Tested: Dickinson’s Lemon Curd or make your own.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 18-20 minutes
- Yield: 3 dozen sandwich cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert- Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar, plus 2 more cups for rolling
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 heaping tablespoon lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside.
- In mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, lemon zest and juice, beat at medium speed until creamy.
- Add flour and salt, beat until combined.
- Using a 1 inch teaspoon or scoop scoop dough into balls.
- Place on baking sheets and flatten slightly with fingers or back of measuring cup.
- Bake for 8 minutes until firm.
- Let cookies cool before filling with cooled filled.
- Spread half of cookies with filling.
- Top with remaining cookie half.
- Sprinkle with confectioners sugar to serve.
Can be frozen without the filling. Fill cookies before serving for best results.
Filling: Purchased Lemon Curd
