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Lemon Cookie Cups




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




CRUST:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
FILLING:

1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 large egg
2 tsp. finely grated lemon rind
1-1/2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/8 tsp. salt
TOPPING:

1 1-oz. square semisweet chocolate (optional)

Recipe



Prepare crust: In large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and confectioners sugar until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually beat in flour until well mixed. If dough is very soft, beat in 1 Tbsp. additional flour. Cover and refrigerate dough 30 minutes. Meanwhile, line 24 mini muffin-pan cups with fluted petit floured paper liners.

Heat oven to 350°F. Spoon 1 level tablespoon dough into each paper cup. Divide dough evenly, if necessary, to fill each cup. With floured fingertips, press dough into bottom and up side of each paper-lined cup. Bake 15 minutes (watch carefully to make sure they don't brown too much... they should be lightly golden brown).

Meanwhile, prepare Filling: In small bowl, combine granulated sugar and flour. Stir in egg, lemon rind and juice, and salt until well mixed.

Remove cups from oven. With end of wooden spoon handle, press the center of each puffed-up crust to make a hallow (about 3/4 to 1 inch wide; be careful to not press all the way through the bottom of the cup). Spoon filling, dividing evenly, into each cup. As filling sinks in, spoon a bit more. Bake lemon cups 13 minutes or until set (again, watch carefully to make sure they don't brown too much). Completely cool on wire rack.

If desired, prepare Topping: Melt chocolate. Lightly drizzle over tops of cups. Let chocolate dry before storing cookies. Store cookie cups in airtight container in the fridge.

NOTES:

I have made these without the paper liners, but the crust is very tender (like shortbread) and crumbles very easily when the cookies are removed from the pan without the liners. From now on, I will use the paper liners.
Purchased lemon curd can be used for the filling.
These are easier than they sound!