Description
Soft sugar cookie cups filled with creamy homemade lemon curd, perfect for parties and bite-sized desserts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 1.5 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest
- 1/4 cup butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cream butter, sugar, and lemon zest until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, then mix in vanilla and salt.
- Whisk dry ingredients and combine with wet mixture.
- Form dough balls and press into mini muffin tin to create cups.
- Bake for 7–8 minutes until lightly golden.
- Cool completely before filling.
- Blend lemon curd ingredients until smooth.
- Cook mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened.
- Remove from heat and whisk in butter.
- Fill each cookie cup with lemon curd and chill before serving.
Notes
- Use fresh lemon juice for best flavor.
- Do not overbake the cookie cups.
- Chill before serving for best texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 18
- Sodium: 90
- Fat: 8
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 24
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 35