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April 24, 2014 By Emily 18 Comments

Lemon Poppy Seed Thumbprints

Filed Under: cookie, cookies, dessert Tagged With: Lemon

It’s Pass the Cookbook time again. I had so much fun in February, but I skipped last month due to lack of planning, I know lame! So I am super psyched to be participating again this month and sharing the recipe for these delicious Lemon Poppy Seed Thumbprint cookies.

Lemon Poppy Seed Thumbprints | It Bakes Me Happy

When I saw that the book for this month was Breakfast for Dinner by Lindsay Landis and Taylor Hackbarth of Love & Olive Oil, I knew that it was going to be a hard decision on which recipe to choose. We are huge Brinner fans in my house, like we used it eat it once a week before the kids were born. But ultimately my decision was made easier when I saw the cookie recipe.

Lemon Poppy Seed Thumbprints | It Bakes Me Happy

Last summer I made this super easy and extremely tasty lime curd, so I decided to try it again as lemon and go for the the lemon poppy seed thumbprints. Ever since I started liking cookies last year, I just can’t seem to get enough of them! Boy am I glad I made them. Soft, buttery cookies filled with poppy seeds and a dollop of lemon curd; I just know you will love them too. Enjoy and happy baking!

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Lemon Poppy Seed Thumbprints

Prep 20 mins

Cook 14 mins

Total 34 mins

Author Emily

Yield 2 dozen cookies

Ingredients

  • For the curd:
  • 1/2 c lemon juice
  • 1/4 c water
  • 2/3 c sugar
  • 2 Tbs corn starch
  • 2 Tbs almond milk
  • 2 tsp coconut oil
  • zest of one lemon
  • pinch of salt
  • For the cookies:
  • 1/2 c unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 c all-purpose flour
  • 1?2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp poppy seeds

Instructions

  1. For the curd*:
  2. In a saucepan over medium heat combine the lemon juice, water, sugar, corn starch, salt and zest; whisk until the mixture boils.
  3. Cook for an addition minute undisturbed, it should turn clear and be thicker.
  4. Remove from the heat and add the almond milk and coconut oil, whisk until the mixture is smooth. Pour the curd into a glass jar and let cool to room temperature, store in the fridge.
  5. For the cookies:
  6. Preheat your oven to 375º F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or baking mats.
  7. In the bowl of your electric mixer on medium-high, beat together the butter and sugar until
  8. light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
  9. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
  10. Next add the flour, salt and poppy seeds, mix until the dough starts to come together.
  11. Form the dough into 1" balls and arrange them on the baking sheets.
  12. Flatten each ball slightly with your thumb, leaving an indentation in the center of each cookie.
  13. Bake for 10 minutes.
  14. Remove the baking sheet from oven (if the indentations look shallow, re-indent with the back of a spoon)
  15. Fill each thumbprint with 1/2 tsp of lemon curd.
  16. Bake for an additional 3-4 minutes, until the curd is set and the edges of cookies are lightly golden. Cool on the pan 5 minutes and transfer to wire racks to cool completely, serve.

Notes

recipe adapted from Lemon Poppy Seed Thumbprints in Breakfast for Dinner*Lemon Curd yields 1 cup

Courses cookies, dessert

 

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Comments

  1. Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says

    April 24, 2014 at 8:33 am

    Your cookies look great! Glad I picked a great cookbook to bring you back to the club 🙂

    Reply
    • Emily says

      April 24, 2014 at 4:06 pm

      Thank you Erin, I loved the pick 🙂

      Reply
  2. Camilla @ Culinary Adventures says

    April 24, 2014 at 8:54 am

    Your cookies look fabulous! I opted for the French toast, but will definitely give this a try soon.

    Reply
  3. Kristen says

    April 24, 2014 at 10:16 am

    I love lemon curd, so I am sure those cookies were pretty fabulous. I am going to have to try them soon!

    Reply
    • Emily says

      April 24, 2014 at 4:06 pm

      Thank you Kristen, I hope you’ll enjoy them

      Reply
  4. Zainab @ Blahnik Baker says

    April 24, 2014 at 10:43 am

    Yummmm!! These cookies were amazing. I love that your poppyseed and crunch are in the cookies 🙂

    Reply
    • Emily says

      April 24, 2014 at 4:05 pm

      I thought it would be a fun change to put the poppy seeds in the cookies, I loved it!

      Reply
  5. Amy | Club Narwhal says

    April 24, 2014 at 1:26 pm

    Emily, these are so cute! I’ve never made thumbprint cookies but man, are they charming 🙂 Also, I love curds of all types but have yet to make lime. It’s on my weekend agenda (along with blueberry and lemon curds).

    Reply
    • Emily says

      April 24, 2014 at 4:04 pm

      Thank you Amy, you are going to love homemade fruit curd!

      Reply
  6. Suzanne says

    April 24, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    I love that you changed up the curd recipe as I did too and you put the poppy seeds in the cookie dough, great job.

    Reply
    • Emily says

      April 24, 2014 at 9:03 pm

      Thank you Suzanne 🙂

      Reply
  7. Emily @ Life on Food says

    April 24, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    Oh these cookies look good. I went with the ravioli but I need to go back and make the other too after seeing all of these great posts.

    Reply
    • Emily says

      April 24, 2014 at 9:03 pm

      I almost made the ravioli, but chickened out on making pasta dough, I can’t wait to try it too!

      Reply
  8. Tanya Schroeder says

    April 25, 2014 at 9:55 am

    Oh Emily, these cookies are divine! I love lemon poppy seed ANYTHING!! These are perfect little gems!

    Reply
  9. whatjessicabakednext says

    April 25, 2014 at 11:42 am

    These cookies look super divine! Love lemon and poppyseed!

    Reply

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