Lemon Drop Cookies
These buttery cookies filled with homemade lemon curd are the perfect Spring treat! Serve these Lemon Drop Cookies with your Easter dinner, a Spring baby shower or a delicious treat for a weeknight dessert.
The lemon curd in these cookies taste similar to Lemon Drops. Do you remember those lemon shaped candies? They are so delicious, and give you that little punch of sour right behind your ear. You know what I mean, when it’s so sour it makes you twinge a little. But so delicious you can’t stop eating them!
These cookies start with a basic butter cookie. A simple mixture of butter, flour, an egg yolk, vanilla, and salt. Instead of sugar, I used Truvia Baking Blend, it’s a sugar substitute blend of zero-calorie Truvia natural sweetener and sugar then packaged in a product that’s designed for easy, at-home baking. It also can be substituted for sugar in any recipe by simply using half as much Truvia Baking Blend as you would sugar.
The Homemade Lemon Curd has lemon juice and zest from 2 lemons, eggs, butter, and again Truvia to cut back on the calories. This time though I used Truvia Spoonable Natural Sweetener. The lemon curd does pack a punch of flavor, so you can certainly add a little more Truvia to suit your taste.
The mixture is cooked on the stove and comes together in about 10 minutes. The key to know when it’s done is when the curd sticks to the back of the spoon. It should be thick, but not too thick.
You may also like these low calorie Spring Desserts.
Lemon Berry Cheesecakes | Tangy Lime Bars | Meyer Lemon & Strawberry Pie
Light Blueberry Muffins | Cinnamon Pecan Quick Bread | Simple Berry Cobbler
Lemon Drop Cookies
Buttery cookies filled with homemade lemon curd
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1/2 cup Butter, softened (real butter, not margarine)
- 2 tablespoons Truvia Baking Blend
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 11/4 cup Flour
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
Lemon Filling
- Juice & grated rind of 2 large lemons
- 1/2 cup Truvia Spoonable Natural Sweetener
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 Tablespoons Butter, melted
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine butter, Truvia Baking Blend, egg yolk and vanilla in large bowl, beat until well mixed.
- Add flour and salt, beat well.
- Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
- Place on greased or parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Make indentation in center of each cookie with thumb or back of spoon.
- Bake for 10 – 12 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Remove from cookie sheets and let cool.
Lemon Filling
- When grating lemon, be careful not to get any white part, it’s bitter.
- Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan on stove
- Simmer until thickened, about 10 minutes or until mixture sticks to the back of a spoon, chill.
- Spoon a small amount of filling onto the cookie and sprinkle with a dusting of powdered sugar if desired
- You may have some filling leftover over
Try one of these recipes using Truvia Spoonable, Truvia Baking Blend or Truvia Brown Sugar Blend…
- Blueberry Orange Bread
- Hot Cocoa Cookies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
- Cinnamon Pecan Quick Bread
- Pumpkin Pie Fudge
- Homemade Caramel Sauce
- Baked Apple Recipe
- Hard Raspberry Lemonade
- White Chocolate Fudge
- Lemon Berry Cheesecakes
- Sugar Free Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
- Light Blueberry Muffins
- Simple Berry Cobbler
- Cherry Vanilla Fudge
- Meyer Lemon & Strawberry Pie
- Banana Walnut Bread: Starbucks Copycat Recipe
- Tangy Lime Bars
- Cotton Candy Fudge
- Banana Bread Cobbler
- Graham Cracker Log
- How to make Brown Sugar
- Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cherry Almond Bars
- Red Velvet Cupcake Bites
- Pink Velvet Cupcakes
- Double Chocolate Cupcakes
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These sound delicious and they look so cute!
Thanks so much Chris!
Liz, the lemon filling looks amazing!!! love these cookies!!!
I could eat that lemon filling by the spoonful. Thanks for stopping by Alice!
~Liz
Love, love these!! Lemon is my very favorite!!
Thanks so much Deborah!
My Mom would love these Lemon Drop Cookies. She is a diabetic so the fact that they sweetened with Truvia really interests me plus lemon is her favorite flavor ever!
I bet she would love these cookies Melissa! Thanks for stopping by!
~Liz
These look amazing Liz! I am always looking for new lemon recipes, and these will be perfect for Easter!
Thanks so much Christi! I agree, I can’t wait to whip up another batch for Easter!
~Liz
What a great recipe. These cookies look amazing! Pinned.
Thanks so much Jennie!
~Liz
You know I’m loving the lemon in these beauties!
Oh definitely right up your alley (blog) 😉
~Liz
Light and yummy. Sounds delish. I’ve gotta try this one. Thanks so much for linkin up with tasty tuesdays.
Now that is divine! I love it,my mom loves making those!
These look terrific. My mom loves all things lemon, so I’ll have to remember this for her. Thanks!
What a lovely cookie! I can just taste the lemony goodness paired with the buttery cookie. YUM YUM YUM!
.-= Kristen´s last blog ..Homemade Peanut Butter: Make Your Own Monday #18 =-.
These looka like a winner. I think the lemon filling will be great! Joni
Yummy! I am going to go buy some lemons!
.-= Michele @ Smart Money Mom´s last blog ..Angel Lush With Pineapple =-.
I like these unusual cookies. I wonder if you could just use lemon curd for the filling?
@Brenda, Absolutely, I think that would be great! Thanks for stopping by!
~Liz
Mmmmmm, those look yummy, have to give them a try, love lemon!
Tracey