Citrus Blossom Cookies

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These Citrus Blossom Cookies are made with fresh lemon curd have an amazing taste. They’re a perfect citrus cookie for the spring!

Citrus Blossom Cookies

Citrus Blossom Cookies

Cookie ingredients:

  • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
  • 2/3 C sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • juice of 1/2 fresh lemon
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • dash of salt
  • 2 cups C flour
  • 1 cookie sheet fitted with parchment paper
  • 1 small ice cream scooper

Icing Ingredients:

  • 1 cup powder sugar
  • juice of 1/2 fresh lemon
  • 1 disposable piping bag

Lemon Curd Ingredients:

  • 4 Lemons large
  • 5 Egg yolks, slightly mixed
  • ½ cup Butter
  • 1 cup Sugar
Citrus Blossom Cookies

Curd Directions:

  1. Zest and juice all the lemons.
  2. Add lemon juice, lemon zest, butter, sugar and egg yolks in a saucepan.
  3. Cook at medium heat while constantly whisking until the mixture thickens.
  4. Pour it in a jar and let it cool down.
  5. Once the curd has fully cooled, store in the refrigerator until ready to use for the cookies.

Cookie Directions:

  1. Using the standing mixer, cream the butter, granulated sugar, vanilla bean paste, salt, lime zest and the juice of 1/2 a lime until creamy.
  2. Gradually add in the flour and mix until combined.
  3. Cover the mixing bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for 1 hour.
  4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  5. Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out some dough and roll the dough into a ball
  6. Place onto the cookie sheet about 2 inches apart
  7. Make an indention in the center of each cookie with a small finger – pushing straight down trying not to flatten the dough ball.
  8. Filled each ball with a heaping 1/4 teaspoon of lemon curd.
  9. Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
  10. Cool completely before icing.

Icing directions:

  1. In a medium bowl, combine the 1 cup powder sugar and the juice of 1/2 lime and whisk until smooth.
  2. Add a few tablespoons of powder sugar if your icing is to thin
  3. Pour icing into piping bag and pipe on a flower onto the cookies.
  4. Enjoy your Citrus Blossom Cookies

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Citrus Blossom Cookies
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Citrus Blossom Cookies

These citrus blossom cookies are so adorable. If you love the flavor of lemon then you will love these. They’re a perfect citrus cookie for the spring!
Servings: 24 cookies
Prep: 1 hour 15 minutes
Cook: 25 minutes
Total: 1 hour 40 minutes

Ingredients
  

Cookies:

  • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
  • 2/3 C sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • juice of 1/2 fresh lemon
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • dash of salt
  • 2 cups C flour

Lemon icing:

  • 1 cup powder sugar
  • juice of 1/2 fresh lemon

Lemon Curd:

  • 4 Lemons large
  • 5 Egg yolks slightly mixed
  • ½ cup Butter
  • 1 cup Sugar

Instructions

Lemon Curd:

  • Zest and juice all the lemons.
  • Add lemon juice, lemon zest, butter, sugar and egg yolks in a saucepan.
  • Cook at medium heat, while constantly whisking until the mixture thickens
  • Pour it in a jar and let it cool down.
  • Once the curd has fully cooled down, store in the refrigerator until ready to use for the cookies.

Cookies:

  • Using the standing mixer, cream the butter, granulated sugar, vanilla bean paste, salt, lime zest and the juice of 1/2 a lime until creamy.
  • Gradually add in the flour and mix until combined.
  • Cover the mixing bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out some dough and roll the dough into a ball
  • Place onto the cookie sheet about 2 inches apart
  • Make an indention in the center of each cookie with a small finger – pushing straight down trying not to flatten the dough ball.
  • Filled each ball with a heaping 1/4 teaspoon of lemon curd.
  • Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
  • Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to rest on the pan for a minute or two before transferring to a cooling rack.
  • Cool completely before icing.

Icing:

  • In a medium bowl, combine the 1 cup powder sugar and the juice of 1/2 lime and whisk until smooth.
  • Add a few tablespoons of powder sugar if your icing is to thin
  • Pour icing into piping bag and pipe on a flower onto the cookies.
  • Enjoy!

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Nutrition

Calories: 233kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 38mg | Potassium: 31mg | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 415IU | Vitamin C: 9.6mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 0.3mg

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