LemonPoppy Seed Cookie Cups
- 3 tablespoons (45 g) butter, salted or unsalted
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 7 tablespoons (85 g) sugar
- 3 tablespoons (25 g) flour
- 1/2 cup (40 g) sliced almonds
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice, sugar, and flour.
- Mix in the almonds and poppy seeds and let the mixture rest for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350F (175C).
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Have ready 4 overturned teacups or custard cups.
- Put 4 level tablespoons of batter, evenly spaced, on the baking sheet and use the back of the spoon to spread them into circles 2 inches (5 cm) across.
- Bake the cookies for 10 minutes, until theyre deep golden brown.
- Let rest for 30 to 45 seconds, then lift each cookie off the baking sheet with a flexible metal spatula and flip it over onto an upended teacup.
- (If the cookies get too firm to shape, return them to the oven for 30 seconds to soften them.)
- Let the baking sheet cool, then repeat with the remaining batter.
- Store these cookie cups in an airtight container.
- They are best served the day theyre made.
- The batter can be made and refrigerated up to 1 week in advance.
- Let it come to room temperature before baking.
butter, freshly squeezed lemon juice, sugar, flour, almonds, poppy seeds
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lemon-poppy-seed-cookie-cups-380014 (may not work)