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🍽️ Saffron Lemon Cookies with Jam Filling

454 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Beat the butter and powdered sugar together in a bowl until the mixture is creamy and fluffy.
  2. 2. Stir in the egg yolk, vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, the saffron threads, and the grated lemon zest into the butter mixture.
  3. 3. Sift the flour over the mixture and quickly knead the dough into a smooth ball.
  4. 4. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator for about 1 hour to rest.
  5. 5. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of approximately 3 millimeters.
  6. 6. Cut out cookies from the rolled dough using a round cutter (approx. 3 cm in diameter).
  7. 7. Take half of the cut-out cookies and remove the center using a small moon-shaped cutter or a knife.
  8. 8. Place all cookies on a baking sheet and bake them in the preheated oven on the middle rack at 200 degrees Celsius for approximately 12 minutes until golden brown.
  9. 9. Heat the lemon jam in a small saucepan until it becomes liquid.
  10. 10. Pass the liquid jam through a fine sieve to remove any lumps.
  11. 11. Spread a thin layer of the sieved jam onto the solid cookies.
  12. 12. Place the cookies with the cut-out centers on top, press them down gently, and let the filling set for a moment.
  13. 13. Just before serving, dust the finished cookies lightly with powdered sugar.

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