Comments on: Lemon Thumbprint Cookies

By: Vicki Hill

Vicki Hill — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 22:37:14 +0000

I baked a batch of these today using raspberry jam as filling. They are perfect! Great flavour and thumbprints are much easier to make than I expected. I also baked “big fat peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies” and both types are in a cookie box heading to my daughter at university. Sally your recipes are so reliable technically, thanks!

By: Lexi @ Sally's Baking Recipes

Lexi @ Sally's Baking Recipes — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 14:09:21 +0000

In reply to Elspeth. Hi Elspeth, you can certainly try it, but the dough is quite creamy so we find it best to chill before rolling.

By: Elspeth

Elspeth — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:40:21 +0000

Can you pre-roll the cookies and then chill? Or, if the dough is too soft to chill that way, better to put it in square or rectangle container and cut the pieces needed. I’ve been chilling dough in cookie or tube shape because dealing with a hard cookie dough mound is always quite annoying.

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:44:07 +0000

In reply to Rieke. Hi Rieke, what a great comment and question. I do not use European-style butter in these cookies. I usually use butter with 80% butterfat content. I think reducing the butter when using a higher butterfat percentage would be helpful to ease the over-spreading.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:14:12 +0000

Lovely tender cookie with quite a punch of lemon. Maybe too lemony for me personally? I think the next time I make them I’ll use vanilla icing instead of the lemon icing. Otherwise this recipe was perfect.

By: Rieke

Rieke — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 11:08:25 +0000

Hi Sally! I have a question – what fat content does the butter have that you used for test baking these cookies? I’m based in Europe and our butter has a higher fat content, meaning that with the recipe’s exact measurements, we might see more spreading. Considering how many of the comments reported spreading, I was wondering whether the 82-86% fat content in European butter might be responsible. My flat cookies are still absolutely delicious, but I will probably use a touch less butter when making them again!

By: Rieke

Rieke — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 17:25:19 +0000

SO tasty! Mine definitely didn’t turn out as pretty as the photo (they spread more and I whisked the homemade lemon curd too vigorously, making it bubbly and more beige than yellow), but they taste like lemon heaven! Will definitely make again.

By: Polly

Polly — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 04:19:58 +0000

This is exactly what I have been looking for for a lemon cookie for my Christmas tree. Everyone raved about the flavor. I made lemon curd for the first time and it turned out really well. I but back in the refrigerator after I prepared them for baking