Lemon Meringue Cookies

Ingredients:

For the cookies:

– 110g butter

– 100g sugar

– 100g brown sugar

– 1 egg

– 2 tsp vanilla extract

– 250g plain flour

– 1/2 tsp salt

– 1/2 tsp baking soda

– 1/2 tsp baking powder

– Lemon curd

For the meringue:

– 4 egg whites

– Pinch of salt

– 1 cup of sugar

Directions:

For the cookies:

1. Preheat the oven to 350F
2. Melt the butter then whisk in both sugars
3. Add vanilla extract and egg
4. In a separate bowl, mix all the dry ingredients then add this into the butter mixture.
5. Mix until a dough form.

For the lemon curd:

1. Start by getting some lemon curd, add it to a piping bag.
2. Then pipe droplets of the lemon curd on a tray.
3. Leave this in the freezer for it to completely freeze.
4. When completely frozen, get a piece of the cookie dough and add the lemon curd into the dough.
5. Seal the sides of the dough so the lemon curd won’t come out.
6. Leave the cookie dough balls in the fridge for 30 minutes.
7. Bake cookies for 12 minutes to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

For the meringue:

1. Combine egg whites and salt in mixing bowl of electric mixer.
2. Beat at medium speed until opaque and loosely foamy.
3. Increase speed to high and add sugar in a slow stream down side of mixer.
4. Beat until stiff and shiny.
5. Finally pipe the meriagne on the cookes and torch them and they’ll be ready to serve, enjoy!!