Lemon Icing Cookies
Description
Tender, soft cookies with a hint of lemon. The shortbread base perfectly complements and enhances the delicate curd, making the pastry light and melt-in-your-mouth. Highly recommended to try. The baked goods are ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. In a bowl, mix flour, 0.5 cup sugar, 1 tsp lemon zest, and salt. Add butter and work into a crumbly dough.
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Step 2
2. Spread the dough onto parchment paper and bake in a preheated oven at 160 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
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Step 3
3. In a separate container, prepare the lemon curd. Mix lemon juice, sugar, eggs, egg yolks, and starch. Heat the mixture over medium heat until thickened.
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Step 4
4. As soon as the mixture comes to a boil, remove from heat and strain through a sieve.
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Step 5
5. Pour the curd over the dough and bake the cookies at the same temperature for 15 minutes.
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Step 6
6. Cut the cookie into pieces and sprinkle with powdered sugar.