Lemon Drop Thumbprint Cookies
Sparkling Lemon Drop Thumbprint Cookies are a wonderful addition to spring parties and picnics!
Second only to chocolate chip cookies, thumbprints are the most requested cookie from my friends and family. I make all different varieties, some with coconut, some with chocolate, yet most with jam centers.
There is something endearing about thumbprint cookies that keeps you coming back for more. I love the addition of the tangy-sweet lemon curd in these Lemon Drop Thumbprint Cookies, but it almost doesn’t matter what you fill them with.
MY OTHER RECIPESUpon first bite of a thumbprint you think… Simple, nothing special or fancy here. Then you eat another, and another, trying to figure out how these no-frills cookies can be so addictive.
While pondering your explanation, you look down and discover you’ve just eaten the entire plate of cookies on your quest of unleashing their alluring secrets.
That’s just it! The fact that they are just butter cookies holding a little filling makes them irresistibly perfect.
Life’s greatest pleasures aren’t always luxurious or extravagant. Consider family picnics in spring, hiking down a mountain trail to a little-known waterfall, taking time to bask in the sun after a week of rain. I often find the simplest things can be the most gratifying!
Plus, thumbprint cookies are fun and easy for kids to make. What’s not to love?
These irresistible Lemon Drop Thumbprint Cookies are tender and buttery with a touch of lemon zest in the dough. They have a dollop of zingy lemon curd resting in the middle so that each bite offers a bit of contrast.
Once the Lemon Drop Thumbprint Cookies cool, they stack well, making them great for edible gifts and potluck take-alongs.
You are going to love these!
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I love citrus flavor in desserts. Thanks for thsi dessert, I would try it soon.
Chitra Ahluwalia Pal
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I love lemon and really love thumbprints. It never occurred to me to try thumbprint cookies this way. Thanks! I will try it!
Ooh lemon curd in thumbprints! There's something I've never tried! Looks delicious!
These look gorgeous, Sommer! I will come back to this recipe to make as petite little gifts in the future, as they are so pretty and sound delicious. I generally am not attracted to "jam" cookies, as I find them too sweet, but a lemon curd center changes everything! Yum.
charming! delicious looking little cookies.
I made lemon curd thumbprints last month and the curd bubbled up in the oven and spilled over! They didn't look half as adorable as yours but they still tasted pretty good. Now I see you've used just 1/4 tsp for each cookie; wish I'd seen your recipe sooner LOL
I love using lemon in baking. These sound wonderful. I saved your recipe for next time when I make cookies.
I love lemon desserts and baked goods. These look lovely!
I made these today, coffee house size, and the recipe was perfect. They’re delicious! :)
Love these lemon cookies. Thank you and have a great weekend.
I have just made a batch of lemon curd so now I am halfway there.
I love jam filled cookies! They are perfect for tea-parties with my granddaughter!
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oh these are looking so tasty. Love lemon cookies!
Is this recipe missing eggs?
Hi Allison! Nope. Butter cookies generally do not contain eggs.
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Do you have a recipe for lemon curd?