Lemon Thumbprint Cookies With White Chocolate Ganache
- FOR THE GANACHE:
- 1/4 cups Heavy Cream
- 4 ounces, fluid White Chocolate, Chopped
- FOR THE COOKIES:
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest
- 1/2 teaspoons Lemon Juice
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 1 whole Egg
- 2-3/4 cups Flour
- 1 whole Lemon, Zested
- 1 Tablespoon Sugar
- FOR THE TOPPING:
- 1 whole Lemon, Zested
- 1 Tablespoon Sugar
- For the ganache:
- You'll want to prepare ganache and let it sit in the fridge prior to starting the cookies. Then it will be ready when your cookies are cooled.
- Place chopped chocolate into a heatproof bowl. Bring heavy cream to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Pour the hot cream over the chopped white chocolate and stir until completely melted. Cover the bowl and set it in the fridge to thicken.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 F. In a bowl beat butter, sugar, zest, lemon juice, vanilla and salt until light and creamy. Add in the egg and continue beating. Slowly add in flour until completely blended.
- Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out a small amount of dough and roll it gently into a ball shape. Place on a lightly greased or lined cookie sheet about two inches apart. Using the back end of a 1/4 teaspoon, gently make an indentation into the cookie. Repeat with the remaining dough.
- Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes. Remove from oven and let them stand for 5 minutes before placing on a cooling rack to cool completely.
- When cookies are cool, fill each cookie cavity with a teaspoon of white chocolate ganache.
- For a little more lemon flavor, zest another lemon into a bowl. Add a tablespoon of sugar and stir until everything is well combined. Sprinkle zest over cookies.
- Cookies adapted from King Arthur Flour Company.
- Makes 3 1/2 dozen small cookies
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/lemon-thumbprint-cookies-with-white-chocolate-ganache/ (may not work)