These homemade lemon curd thumbprint cookies are pure perfection! A combination of sweet buttery cookies and citrusy topping with a hint of almonds!
The preparation is quite simple and straight forward:
You need one bowl where you cream the butter and sugar. Add one egg. Make sure the egg is roughly at the same temperature as butter. Add a pinch of salt.
The almond flavoring is optional so if you don’t have one don’t worry. But if you do, I recommend using it! The cookies will smell amazing after adding a few drops in the mixture.
Once you have added the flour (sifted) form it into dough and chill in the fridge!
Forming balls out of the dough is easy-peasy! Get your kids help you. I am sure they will enjoy it! Rolling them in caster sugar is optional. It won’t change their taste much. If you are after reducing sugar intake, then this is the way to go!
For the filling I used Homemade Lemon Curd. You can use jam instead but lemon curd turns these cookies into heavenly bites!
I also prefer filling thumbprint cookies with lemon curd before baking. It changes its taste slightly and I like it.
Baking these thumbprint cookies only takes a few minutes! Isn’t it great? 10-13 minutes in the oven and you are done!
Thumbprint cookie recipe is one of the easy recipes. It also is pretty fast to make them if you don’t count the chilling in!
Want to see how to make Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies? Watch the video!
Music: Easy Lemon Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Egg at room temperature
- 1 stick Unsalted Butter at room temperature (110 grams)
- 1 3/4 cups Plain Flour (240 grams)
- 1/4 cup Caster Sugar (60 grams)
- Pinch of alt
- 1/4 teaspoon Almond Flavoring (optional)
- 5 tablespoon Caster Sugar for Coating (optional)
- 15-20 teaspoons Lemon Curd
Instructions
- Beat the sugar and butter until creamy. Add egg and mix until well combined. Add pinch of salt and almond flavoring (if using) and mix with a spatula.
- Now sift in the flour. Mix with a spatula for a minute or so. Form dough using your hand. It will feel soft at the beginning but will come together while kneading.
- Wrap in in a cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minute.
- When the dough is chilled, take it out and form into small balls. You should get about 20 balls. Cover each one in caster sugar (if using) and place them onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Use a measuring spoon (or your thumb) to press each ball down to make dents for the lemon curd.
- Fill each one with lemon curd (1/2 – 1 teaspoon).
- Bake in a preheated oven at 355°F/180°C for 10-13 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies are nice golden brown.
- Once baked, transfer onto a wire rack and let them cool down.
- Keep in an airtight container.
Annemarie says
Mmmm…I love thumbprint cookies. They are such a fun way to bake with your kids! And I have a half used jar of lemon curd in my fridge right now. :)
Julia | Happy Foods Tube says
They are indeed! I’ve tried different fillings but lemon curd is the number one in my opinion! :) But truth be told I’ve been putting lemon curd everywhere lately! :)
Joie says
Can you please tell me if I can use regular sugar instead of caster? Thanks very much.
Julia | Happy Foods Tube says
Hi Joie, yes, you can.
April says
Can you use almond flour (or a mixture of almond flour and regular), to get the almond taste if you don’t have almond extract?
Julia | Happy Foods Tube says
Hi April, I have not tested it with almond flour, so I am afraid I don’t know. However, using almond flour will change the texture of the dough which means they might not turn out well. You can substitute almond extract with vanilla though.
Donna Towery says
OMG these cookies are delicious! The recipe is so simple, quick and easy. I made a batch 2 days ago and just now made another batch. They disappear quickly!
Julia | Happy Foods Tube says
Thanks so much for your feedback, Donna! Happy baking :)
Amy says
Came across your recipe… and it was devine! I’ve bookmarked this recipe!
Julia | Happy Foods Tube says
That’s great to hear, Amy. Thanks for your feedback!
Catherine says
OMG! So yummy!
Added the almond, rolled them in the sugar!
Hid them from my husband! 😁
Julia | Happy Foods Tube says
:) Thanks for your feedback, Catherine! Hope you try some more recipes from our blog!
Laura says
Can you freeze these cookies once baked?
Julia | Happy Foods Tube says
I am afraid I won’t be much of a help as I have never tried freezing them so no idea! Sorry!