Lemon drop icebox cookies
137
PREP TIME
10 min
TOTAL TIME
1 h 30 min
Makes
55 to 60 Servings
Roberto Caruso
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter , at room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp lemon zest
- 1/2 tsp lemon curd , for filling
- icing sugar , for dusting
Instructions
- STIR flour with baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add 2 tbsp lemon zest to flour mixture. Set aside.
- BEAT butter with sugar in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high, until fluffy. Beat in egg. Gradually beat in flour mixture, just until combined. Gather into a ball.
- POSITION racks in top and bottom thirds of oven. Preheat to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
- ROLL into 1-in.-round balls and set on baking sheet. Make a deep indent in the centre of each ball. Bake in centre of oven until golden, 11 to 12 min. Let cookies cool on sheet for 1 min. Transfer to a rack to cool completely. Sift icing sugar over cookies. Fill cookies with 1/2 tsp lemon curd.
