Fresh Fruits Recipes - Lemon Curd Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups/225 g all purpose/plain flour

• 1/8 tsp salt

• 2/3 cup/150 g butter, cut up

• 1/3 cup/70 g granulated sugar

• 1 tbsp finely grated lemon zest

• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

• 2 large egg yolks

• 1 cup/250 ml lemon curd

• 1 tbsp confectioners'/icing sugar

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Method:

1. Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.

2. Stir in the granulated sugar, lemon zest and juice, and egg yolks to form a stiff dough. Press the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Butter two cookie sheets. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/8 inch (3 mm).

4. Use a 3-inch (8-cm) fluted cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. Use a 1-inch (2.5-cm) crescent-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the centers from half the cookies.

5. Gather the dough scraps, re-roll, and continue cutting out cookies until all the dough is used.

6. Transfer the cookies to the sheets. Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until golden brown. Transfer to racks to cool.

7. Spread the whole cookies with the lemon curd and place the cookies with holes on top. Dust with the   confectioners' sugar.