Lemon Poppy Seed Thumbprint Cookies
These lemon poppy seed thumbprint cookies are soft, crumbly land filled with a sweet curd making these cookies the perfect little spring treat.
Folks, this has been a very crazy week. It has somehow flown by and despite being busy on one project or another, it seems as if I have accomplished nothing at all. Yesterday was just not my day. Everything that could go wrong in one day did. So so frustrating. But that’s why we have cookies, especially these lemon poppy seed thumbprint cookies.
Cookies fix everything and always make you feel 100% happier (rule #132 in life). These lemon poppy seed thumbprint cookies brought smiles to my face (and belly) all week long. They are that good. I could barely take decent pictures of them to share with you as I was focused on taste testing and also well… it’s been one heck of a crazy week in the lab. Sorry about that.
But don’t let the looks fool you. They are soft, crumbly, shortbread texture, lemon cookies rolled in lemon sugar, and are filled with a sweet and tart lemon ‘poppy seed’ curd. I used chia seeds instead of poppy seeds to sneak in some nutrients. After all, they look like poppy seeds! Chia seeds are a great source of fiber, protein, and omega 3s and they make you feel ‘full’ faster. Just what you need to portion control yourself because these cookies will disappear fast in front of you. But feel free to use poppyseeds.
These cookies were one of the three recipes we made in Pass the Cook Book Club this month. Our host, Erin from The Spiffy Cookie, chose the amazing Breakfast for Dinner cookbook by Lindsay Landis and Taylor Hackbarth of Love & Olive Oil. In addition to these lemon poppy seed thumbprint cookies, group members tried the Breakfast Sausage Ravioli and Italian-Style Stuffed French Toast recipes from the book as well. These are next on my list!
If you love lemon poppyseed, these cookies are going to be a favorite. Happy Baking!!
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Lemon Poppyseed Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar, sifted
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup corn starch
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1 tablespoon (or more) poppyseed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
For the filling:
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
- In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter, lemon zest, and confectioner's sugar until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes on medium speed.
- Slowly add in the flour and cornstarch until incorporated. Beat for another 2-3 minutes on medium speed until whipped. Beat in the vanilla extract, lemon extract, and salt. Using a spatula, fold in the poppyseed.
- With your hands lightly coated in cornstarch, scoop out 1/2 tablespoon dough and roll into 1-inch balls. Place the dough 2 inches apart on the prepared sheet.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes until the cookies are lightly browned on the bottom. Halfway through baking, remove the cookies from the oven, and using your thumb, press into the middle of the cookies to form an indent. Continue baking for the rest of the time.
- Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes.
- Using a piping bag, add some lemon curd into the center of the thumbprint cookies. Top with poppyseed, if desired.
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Hmm, probably egg sandwiches with cheese and bacon. Not sweet so good for the evening. These cookies look really good, I haven’t tried chia seeds yet but I keep hearing about them
Sarah those sandwiches sound about perfect for right now!!!
i love frittatas for breakfast for dinner. or pancakes. always pancakes. ๐ sorry your week has been rough. mine has dragggggged by.
thanks Sarah. I hope your week gets better too ๐
Zainab, cookies are ALWAYS the answer and these lemon delights look beautiful (and hopefully erased the crazy week from your memory :)!
Hehhe you are so right! Thanks Amy ๐
These cookies look so refreshing! I have not had poppy seed much so I need to change that! We do breakfast for dinner a lot with pancakes and waffles!
Thanks Nancy! Poppyseed is fun and crunchy.
I’ve been having a similarly awful week. Can we get a redo?!
These cookies look fabulous! I have this cookbook but have never made ANYTHING from it. Shame on me!
Lol! Make something!!!!
Cookies do make everything better. I hope the rest of the week improves!! I made the ravioli because I let my non-sweet tooth husband pick the recipe. I plan on making these soon though. Yours turned out great!
Thanks Emily! Mr. J really wanted the ravioli too but I was not feeling the long recipe at the time. But it’s on my weekend plans ๐
Dang these cookies look rather fine. I am glad they brought a smile to your belly…
Thanks Bintu!
I’m sorry to hear your week’s been going so poorly, Zainab! That would’ve been me last week. You’re gonna get through this, I know it. Baking and eating more of these gorgeous, flavourful cookies will make it better! I love that you used chia seeds. I need to hunt some down so that I can start baking with them too!
Thanks Nancy! I just need it to be over already so we can press the reset button lol. Hope you are having a great week dear ๐
These cookies look so delicious! Love that you snuck in chia for extra nutrition ๐ although my excuse is that lemon is a fruit!
Thanks Jessiker!
WOW, your cookies look amazing!! I’m gonna have to make them lol
I LOVE breakfast for dinner & my go-to recipe that my mom made & I learned from her, is jimmy dean sausage crumbled/browned in a pan, then beat eggs in a separate bowl & pour over the cooked sausage until eggs are set..serve with toast..SO good! lol
Thanks for the chance to win the cookbook!
Joey J.
Hi Joey! I hope you get to try these cookies sometime. Your mom’s recipe sounds very delicious and I really want to try it, Thanks for sharing ๐
Thank you so much!! Can’t wait & glad you wanna try it..It’s so good! lol..it’s basically scrambled eggs with the sausage mixed in as you can see ha..nothing fancy, but delicious! sometimes simple is the best!
Thank you so much for link! Definitely trying this weekend!
OOPS, meant to put the link ha..It’s almost identical to this one! She didn’t use the tomatoes though & only added cheese sometimes, but would add it at the end:)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/sausage-scrambles-and-cheese-recipe.html
i love a cheese omlet & blueberry pancakes, thanks for the chance to win. i love cookbooks & breakfast so that’s a win win for me!
Cheese omelet i always my go-to dinner for breakfast!!
These looks so tasty and cute! Just in time for all of the spring brunches and picnics. ๐
Thanks Marissa! And you are absolutely right ๐
Thanks Marissa! Hope you have a great weekend ๐