Description
Creamy lemon cookie cups bring zesty sunshine to dessert tables with their irresistible tangy charm. Sweet crumbly shells cradle smooth citrus filling, offering a delightful bite you’ll savor until the last crumb disappears.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 16 ounces (1 pound) premade sugar cookie dough
- 1 cup lemon pie filling
Garnish:
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
Baking Supplies:
- Cooking spray or butter for greasing muffin tin
Instructions
- Warm the oven to 350°F and thoroughly coat a mini muffin tin with non-stick spray.
- Position a single sugar cookie dough cube into each muffin cavity, ensuring even distribution.
- Bake the cookie dough precisely following the manufacturer’s recommended time and temperature guidelines.
- Immediately after removing from the oven, use the rounded end of a wooden spoon or a small shot glass to gently press down the center of each cookie, creating a delicate cup-like indentation.
- Allow the cookie cups to rest in the pan for 5 minutes, then expedite the cooling process by transferring the entire pan to the freezer for approximately 10 minutes.
- Carefully extract the cookie cups from the muffin tin by gently twisting and lifting each one to prevent cracking.
- Fill each delicate cookie cup with a generous spoonful of tangy lemon pie filling, ensuring complete coverage of the base.
- Garnish the filled cookie cups with a light dusting of powdered sugar, creating an elegant and festive appearance.
- Serve and savor these bright, zesty miniature desserts that blend sweet and citrusy flavors.
Notes
- Keep cookie dough cubes chilled before pressing into muffin tin for cleaner shaping and easier handling.
- Use a rounded spoon or small glass with smooth edges to create uniform cookie cup indentations without tearing the dough.
- Allow cookie cups to cool completely before removing to prevent breaking the delicate edges.
- For gluten-free version, substitute sugar cookie dough with gluten-free cookie mix or almond flour-based dough.
- Experiment with different pie fillings like raspberry, key lime, or vanilla custard for variety in flavors.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 120 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 70 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 0.3 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg