These cookies have a similar soft and tender cookie dough base as my viral Coffee Cake Cookies. It’s a buttery, sugar cookie dough and in this recipe of course is infused with plenty of bright lemony flavor. Each thin and chewy cookie is filled with my homemade easy lemon curd recipe and then they are dusted with powdered sugar. You will adore the perfectly crispy edges, soft and tangy center and how beautiful they are! I mean…just look at these photos!
Why This Recipe Works:
They’re the perfect thin and chewy cookie Melt in your mouth delicious! They’re tender, pillow soft and easy to make. They use my simple 4 ingredient homemade curd recipe The dough can be made in advance. A lemon lovers dream treat!
Cake Flour: (spooned and leveled): If you know me and my cookies, you know I love adding cake flour with all-purpose flour to make the perfect cookie! Fresh Lemon Juice: be sure to use freshly-squeezed lemon juice for the ultimate flavor. Lemon Zest: lemon zest gets added in with the eggs and extracts but if you want to infuse even more lemon flavor, rub with zest with the sugar before creaming the butter and sugar together. I use this lemon zest method in my lemon poppyseed muffins and it helps to release the lemons natural oils into the sugar and gives the cookies even more lemon flavor. Lemon Extract: some people have made without and just added a little more zest and have had great results. Lemon curd: please, please do not use store-bought lemon curd. It is just not the same. Try my 4 ingredient easy lemon curd recipe! Other ingredients needed: baking soda, baking powder, cornstarch, salt, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract.
