Description
Delightful lemon cookie cups invite sunshine onto dessert plates with zesty charm. Creamy filling nestled in buttery cookie shells promises sweet satisfaction you’ll savor to the last delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour
- 4 oz (113 g) cream cheese, softened
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup (120 ml) lemon curd
- ¼ cup (30 g) powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- Powdered sugar (for dusting)
- Lemon zest or small lemon slices (for garnish)
Instructions
- Thermal Preparation: Calibrate oven to 350F (175C) and coat mini muffin pan with non-stick spray to ensure seamless extraction.
- Butter Transformation: Whip butter and sugar in a mixing vessel until achieving a cloud-like, aerated consistency with maximum volume and lightness.
- Liquid Integration: Incorporate egg and vanilla essence into the butter mixture, blending until uniformly combined and creating a silky emulsion.
- Dry Component Assembly: Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate container, ensuring even distribution of leavening agents.
- Dough Formation: Gradually fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, gently stirring until a soft, cohesive dough materializes without overmixing.
- Molding Process: Distribute dough evenly across muffin cavities, gently depressing centers to create cup-like indentations using fingertips or specialized baking tool.
- Thermal Transformation: Position pan in preheated oven, baking until edges acquire a delicate golden hue (10-12 minutes). Immediately upon removal, delicately redefine cup centers using a compact utensil. Allow brief cooling within pan before transferring to wire cooling surface for complete temperature stabilization.
Notes
- Generously grease the mini muffin pan or use non-stick cooking spray to ensure easy cookie cup removal without breaking.
- Use the back of a rounded teaspoon or a tart shaper to gently press centers while cookies are still warm, creating a clean cup shape without cracking the delicate dough.
- Avoid overmixing the dough, which can make cookies tough; mix just until ingredients are combined to maintain a soft, tender texture.
- Allow butter to soften at room temperature for even mixing, but not too soft to prevent spreading during baking.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg