Lemon-Lime Filled Butter Cookies | Canadian Goodness

Lemon-Lime Filled Butter Cookies | Canadian Goodness

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Filled with a lemon-lime curd, these buttery thumbprint cookies are decorated with buttercream icing for an impressive cookie that’s pretty to look at and delicious to eat.

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Ingredients

  • Cookie Dough:
  • 1 cup (250 mL) unsalted Canadian butter
  • at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup (175 mL) icing sugar
  • 2 cups (500 mL) all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup (125 mL) cornstarch
  • 2 tsp (10 mL) lemon zest
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) lime zest
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt
  • Lemon-Lime Curd:
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 2/3 cup (150 mL) granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon zest
  • 1 tbsp (15 mL) lime zest
  • 2 tbsp (30 mL) lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp (30 mL) lime juice
  • 1/4 cup (60 mL) cold Canadian butter
  • cubed
  • Buttercream Icing:
  • 1/4 cup (60 mL) Canadian butter
  • 1 1/4 cups (300 mL) icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp (30 mL) Canadian whipping cream (35%)

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