Lemon Tart Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• In 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.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, beat all filling ingredients except powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with wire whisk. Cover; refrigerate.
• Heat 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.
• Bake 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.

Steps:

• Combine butter, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer; mix ingredients thoroughly with a paddle attachment. Mix flour into butter mixture to make a smooth dough. Press dough into a 9-inch tart pan; refrigerate crust for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake crust until light golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Whisk sugar, eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice, and 1/2 cup flour in a bowl until smooth. Pour lemon filling into crust. Cover edges of crust with strips of aluminum foil to prevent burning.
• Bake tart until filling is set, about 20 minutes. Cool completely and dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• In food processor pulse sugar, powdered sugar and butter till creamy. Can be done with electric beaters as well.
• Mix rest of ingredients except lemon curd and sweetened condensed milk, mix until a smooth dough is formed.
• Chill 15 minutes wrapped in plastic wrap.
• Spray mini muffin tins with Pam.
• Measure 1 Tbsp of dough.
• Roll into ball place one in each hole of mini tart pan.
• Using your thumb make a centre with the dough making sure that the dough in uniform size all around and not to thin on the top.
• Bake at 350°F for 9 minutes or until dough is slightly firm but not set. They may close up during cooking.
• Remove tart shells from oven working quickly and using the back of a rounded 1/2 tsp measuring spoon gently press a shallow indentation in each shell. (Don't let them cool or it will be harder to get them to form a shell).
• Bake 2-3 minutes longer or until edges of shells are firm and golden.
• Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
• Carefully remove from pan and transfer to cooling rack, if they need more shaping you can do that now.
• Cool completely before filling. Can be made to this point and frozen (but thaw to room temp before filling).
• For the filling mix together purchased or homemade lemon curd and sweetened condensed milk.
• Put a small amount of powdered sugar in a sieve and shake a little on the top of each tart, garnish with a long piece of lemon zest.