Description
These colorful fruit filled thumbprint cookies are a perfect spring dessert made with freeze-dried fruit and citrus curd.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup freeze-dried fruit
- 1 egg (for curd)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1/4 cup lemon or lime juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- zest of 4 limes
- 2 tbsp butter
Instructions
- Whisk egg, sugar, cornstarch, salt, zest, juice, and vanilla.
- Cook with butter until thickened.
- Strain and chill curd.
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add egg and vanilla.
- Mix dry ingredients with fruit powder.
- Form dough and roll into balls.
- Press indent into each cookie.
- Chill dough for 30 minutes.
- Bake at 350F for 12 minutes.
- Cool and fill cookies.
Notes
- Do not skip chilling time.
- Use freeze-dried fruit only.
- Mix and match fillings for variety.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 85
- Fat: 8
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 24
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 35