Description
Delightfully tangy and sweet, these Lemon Bar Cookie Cups feature a buttery cookie base filled with luscious lemon curd, dusted with powdered sugar for the perfect finishing touch.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup lemon curd (store-bought or homemade)
- Powdered sugar (for dusting)
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a mini muffin tin.
- Cream butter and sugars: In a large bowl, cream the butter, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add dry ingredients: Mix in the vanilla extract, then gradually add the flour and salt, mixing until fully combined and a soft dough forms.
- Form cookie cups: Scoop about 1 tablespoon of dough into each muffin cup and press down to form a cookie base.
- Bake: Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden. Remove from the oven and use the back of a spoon to create an indent in the center of each cookie cup. Let them cool completely in the tin.
- Fill with lemon curd: Once cooled, fill each cookie cup with about 1 tablespoon of lemon curd.
- Dust with powdered sugar: Dust with powdered sugar before serving.
Notes
- For a homemade lemon curd, use your favorite recipe or find one online.
- These cookie cups can be made ahead of time and stored for a few days.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 30mg