Lemon Ginger Thumbprints Recipes

LEMON-GINGER THUMBPRINTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Cut cookie dough into 3 equal pieces. Work with 1 piece of dough at a time; refrigerate remaining dough until ready to use.
• Place graham cracker crumbs in shallow dish. Shape each piece of dough into 20 (1 1/4-inch) balls; roll in crumbs to coat. On ungreased large cookie sheet, place balls 1 inch apart.
• Bake 8 to 11 minutes or until almost set. Cool 2 minutes. With thumb or handle of wooden spoon, make slight indentation in center of each cookie. Remove cookies from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Place lemon curd in small resealable food-storage plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut off tiny corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe small dollop of lemon curd into indentation in each cookie. Store in refrigerator.

LEMON CURD THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F(177°C). Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat. Set aside.
• Mix the flour, ginger and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.
• Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat on medium speed for almost 2 minutes until creamy with a hand-held mixer or with paddle attachment if using a stand mixer. Add the egg and mix well. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula during these steps when needed to be sure they are all mixed.
• Add the flour mixture and mix until the dough comes together. Don't overmix the dough.
• Take 25 gram pieces ( almost 1 tablespoon) of the dough and roll them into balls. Alternatively, you can divide the dough equally into 22 pieces and roll them into balls as this recipe makes 22 cookies. Using the back of a 1 teaspoon-sized rounded measuring spoon or your finger, press into the center of the dough to make an indentation.****
• Bake for almost 11-12 minutes or until the edges are lightly golden brown. Don't overbake so the cookies will stay soft. When the edges are golden brown but the middle is still soft, remove from the oven. If needed, you can press the middle of the cookie again with a clean measuring spoon. Then immediately fill the cookies with almost ½ and ¼ teaspoon lemon curd. The filling will set while the cookies are cooling on the baking sheet.
• Lightly sift powdered sugar over the cooled cookies.

LEMON GINGER THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cut cookie dough into 3 equal pieces.
• Work with 1 piece of dough at a time; refrigerate remaining dough until ready to use.
• In shallow dish, place graham cracker crumbs.
• Shape each piece of dough into twelve 1-inch balls; roll in crumbs to coat.
• Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 8-11 minutes or until cookies are almost set.
• Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet.
• With thumb or handle of wooden spoon, make slight indentation in center of each cookie.
• Remove cookies from cookie sheet.
• Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• In small resealable plastic bag, place lemon curd; partially seal bag.
• Cut small hole in one bottom corner of bag.
• Squeeze bag to pipe dollop of lemon curd into indentation in each cookie.
• Store in refrigerator.