Lemon Meringue Thumbprint Cookies Recipe | Land O’Lakes

Ingredients

• Cookie Dough
• 1 cup Land O Lakes® Butter softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 252 grams (2 cups) all-purpose flour
• Lemon Curd
• 3 large Land O Lakes® Eggs (yolks only) whites reserved, yolks slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, strained
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
• 1/4 cup Land O Lakes® Butter cut into pieces
• Meringue
• 3 large Land O Lakes® Eggs (whites only)
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/3 cup sugar