Enjoy these delicious lemon cookies that are baked to perfection - great dessert to serve a bunch.
Lemon Cookie Tarts
- Prep Time 4 hr 50 min
- Total 4 hr 50 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Lemon Filling
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, the vanilla and 1 egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in 2 cups flour and the salt. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
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Step2Meanwhile, in small bowl, beat all filling ingredients except powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with wire whisk. Cover; refrigerate.
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Step3Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 48 mini muffin cups, 1 3/4 x1 inch, with cooking spray. Shape dough into 48 one-inch balls. Place 1 ball in each muffin cup. Press dough into bottom and up side of cups. Spoon slightly less than 1 tablespoon filling into each cup.
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Step4Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until centers are puffed and edges are light brown. Cool in pan 30 minutes. With tip of knife, lift tarts from muffin cups to wire rack; cool completely. Just before serving, sprinkle tarts with powdered sugar.
Nutrition
90
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
13g
Total Carbohydrate
8g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 50mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 15mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 13g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 8g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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