Lemon Almond Shortbread Cookies
By: Angela LeMoine
Published: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 7:47pm

Ingredients




1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cups powdered sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces
a pinch of salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup finely chopped almonds, lightly toasted {plus more for topping}
zest of 3 meyer lemons
For the Curd:
1 stick unsalted butter, room temp
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
pinch salt
1/2 cup meyer lemon juice

Preparation

1 Start by making the lemon curd so that it has time to cool. 2 Using a hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until combined. 3 Add in 1 egg at a time, each time mix until just combined. 4 Mix in the pinch of salt and the lemon juice. 5 Add the mixture to a small pot over low heat. Continuously gently stir for about 10-15 minutes until thickened, enough to coat the spoon. 6 Allow to cool completely. It will thicken a little further as it cools. 7 Now for the cookie. Add the flour, powdered sugar, butter, salt and egg to a food processor fit with the dough blade. Pulse until mostly combined. 8 Add in the almonds and lemon zest and pulse a couple times to mix in. 9 Pour the dough out onto a floured surface and work any loose pieces into the dough. 10 Roll into a log about 1 1//2 inches round. Cover with plastic wrap and again roll gently just to form a smooth log. 11 Pop into the freezer for 10 minutes. 12 Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 13 Slice the dough about a 1/4 inch thick rounds and place onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. 14 Bake for about 12-14 minutes until just lightly golden on the edges. Cool completely. 15 Top each cookie with a little bit of lemon curd and a sprinkle of chopped toasted almonds.

About

Heaven, these cookies are absolutely lemony goodness heaven! I found Meyer Lemons at the grocery store about a week ago, i’ve not only never used them, heck i’ve never tried them! I was thrilled with my find but then the big question, what to do with these beauties? Cookies, because well I was in the mood to bake something. I came up with these incredible Lemon Almond Shortbread Cookies and seriously, winner! 
Shortbread cookies are really easy to make, with the dough wiped together super quickly in a food processor. I’ve made the basic shortbread recipe many times and its one of my favs so I figured why not use it as the base and jazz it up with the lemons and some almonds! I mixed lemon zest and almonds right into the dough and as if that wasn’t enough to make you drool I top these cookies with a homemade meyer lemon curd and some more toasted almonds. I’m not going to lie, I ate a LOT of these, I just couldn’t resist. I hope you give them a try and enjoy them as much as I did.