Lemon Cookie Tarts
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Serves: 12 tarts
 
Ingredients
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil or butter, melted and cooled
  • ½ c sugar (or your favorite granular sweetener)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 lemon (juiced and zested)
  • 1½ c whole wheat pastry flour or white whole wheat flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp milk (I used unsweetened almond milk)
  • 1½ c lemon curd (store bought or a homemade one that meets your dietary preferences, like this honey sweetened recipe)
  • Optional: raspberry jam
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Spritz a 12 well muffin tin with nonstick spray.
  2. Combine the butter/oil, sugar, vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon extract. Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and milk. Stir until just combined (adding the milk with the flour helps prevent creating buttermilk/curding the milk).
  3. Press 1/12 of the cookie dough into each well, pressing up the sides a little.
  4. Bake for 9 minutes. Remove from the oven and, using the handle of a wooden spoon, press down the center of the cookie cups to create wells.
  5. Return to the oven for another 3 - 5 minutes (3 for softer, 5 for crunchier).
  6. Cool slightly and pop the cookie cups out of the pan to cool the rest of the way on a wire rack.
  7. Fill the wells with lemon curd. If desired, add a little jam in the bottom of the well before topping with lemon curd. You can also sprinkle with a little powdered sugar to make them extra cute.
  8. Leftovers can be stored in the fridge. If fridge space is tight, the cookie cups can be stored at room temp -- simply keep the lemon curd in the fridge and only fill the cookies you plan on eating soon.
Notes
Inspired by The Domestic Rebel's Easiest Lemon Tarts.
For an egg free/dairy free/vegan recipe, make sure the lemon curd you use fits your dietary restrictions.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 tart Calories: 190 Fat: 3 Carbohydrates: 39 Fiber: 2 Protein: 2
Recipe by Hidden Fruits and Veggies at https://www.hiddenfruitsandveggies.com/2015/02/11/lemon-cookie-tarts/