Lemon Tea Sandwiches

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces butter, softened (1 stick)
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 (11 ounce) jar prepared lemon curd
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar.
• 2 add the vanilla, egg yolk, and salt. mix until blended.
• 3 mix in flour at low speed until incorporated.
• 4 halve the dough and pat into two squares. wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 5 preheat oven to 350°f line 2 cookie sheets with parchment. remove the parchment from on cookie sheet and dust with flour. roll one dough square into 17"x11" rectangle about 1/8" thick. transfer the parchment and pan to the refrigerator while you repeat with dough.
• 6 using a fluted pastry wheel, trim all sides of the chilled dough to even it out. cut the dough into 15 squares. separate the squares on the pan. repeat with other pan.
• 7 bake until lightly brown on the edges, 11 to 12 minutes. transfer to racks to cool.
• 8 sandwich the cookies with the lemon curd; dust with confectioner's sugar.