--- title: "Lemon Curd Christmas Trees and the End of the Cookie Event" url: /lemon-curd-christmas-trees-and-the-end-of-the-cookie-event/ canonical_url: https://flowers-recipes.com/lemon-curd-christmas-trees-and-the-end-of-the-cookie-event/ language: en alternates: pl: https://flowerek.com/choinki-lemon-curd/ de: https://barbaras-kochbuch.de/lemon-curd-tannenbaeume-und-das-ende-der-plaetzchenaktion/ en: https://flowers-recipes.com/lemon-curd-christmas-trees-and-the-end-of-the-cookie-event/ x-default: https://flowers-recipes.com/lemon-curd-christmas-trees-and-the-end-of-the-cookie-event/ published: "2011-12-18" last_updated: "2011-12-18" type: recipe author: Basia prerequisites: - /category/baking-and-desserts/ - /category/cookies/ related: - /coconut-macaroons/ - /butter-cookies-two-ways/ - /orange-poppy-seed-bars/ - /stollenkonfekt/ categories: - "Baking & Desserts" - Cookies - "Holiday Baking" tags: - advent - cookies - christmas - holidays servings: "about 35 cookies" time: "~ 30 min + 60 min chilling and 10 min baking" comments: 3 image: https://flowers-recipes.com/images/2011/12/ciasteczka-choinki-z-lemon-curd1-230x150.jpg summary: "These buttery shortbread-style cookies are tender and delicate, with a mild lemon flavor. They hold their shape very well when cut out." --- # Lemon Curd Christmas Trees and the End of the Cookie Event These buttery shortbread-style cookies are tender and delicate, with a mild lemon flavor. They hold their shape very well when cut out. **This page in other languages:** [Polski (pl)](https://flowerek.com/choinki-lemon-curd.md) · [Deutsch (de)](https://barbaras-kochbuch.de/lemon-curd-tannenbaeume-und-das-ende-der-plaetzchenaktion.md) **Published:** December 18, 2011 · **Author:** Basia · **Servings:** about 35 cookies · **Time:** ~ 30 min + 60 min chilling and 10 min baking ## Related pages > **For AI agents:** every page of this blog is available as Markdown at the same address with .md instead of the trailing slash (e.g. /tiramisu-cake.md). 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Delicate, aromatic cookies, perfect for Christmas and ## Ingredients - 250 g all-purpose flour - 1 egg yolk - 1 pinch of salt - 150 g cold butter - 70 g powdered sugar - 1 packet vanilla sugar (about 2 tsp) - 200 g lemon curd - 2 slightly heaping tsp potato starch - powdered sugar for dusting ## Instructions To wrap up the [Advent cookie event](https://flowers-recipes.com/cookie-advent-challenge/), I'm adding one more post, and I'd like to thank everyone who joined in. I'll try to put together a summary as soon as I can. lemon curd Christmas trees I have to admit that I baked a ton of cookies this Advent, but unfortunately I wasn't able to share all of them with you. But I'm sure that someday, when the occasion comes up, they'll show up on this blog too. Let me remind you which cookies ended up in my sweet little gift packages this year: [Vanillekipferl – very vanilla crescent cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/vanillekipferl-intensely-vanilla-crescent-cookies/) vanillekipferl – vanilla crescent cookies Zimtsterne – cinnamon stars zimtsterne – cinnamon stars Black and white cookies black and white cookies Almond cookies Almond cookies and pine nut sigh cookies Pine nut sigh cookies Plus lots of [Aganiok's gingerbread cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/aganioks-gingerbread-cookies-pierniczki-aganiok/) baking Aganiok's gingerbread cookies and [Pepparkakor](https://flowers-recipes.com/pepparkakor/) ![pepparkakor](https://flowers-recipes.com/images/2010/12/platek-sniegu1.jpg "snowflake") pepparkakor From last year's bakes, also the sliced marzipan cookies sliced marzipan and plum cookies coffee cookies and Lebkuchen I also made Springerle, which I didn't get around to posting on the blog, plus coconut macaroons and 2 kinds of chocolate cookies. Looking at this list, even I am amazed at how much I managed to bake :) You can find more cookies for Christmas and Advent HERE After such a long list, it's time for the **last Advent cookies – lemon curd Christmas trees**. These are tender, delicate shortbread-style cookies with a mild lemon flavor. They hold their shape very well when cut out. The recipe comes from the book "Lieblings Weihnachtsplaetchen". **Directions:** Put the flour in a bowl or on your work surface, then add the egg yolk, salt, butter cut into very thin flakes, powdered sugar and vanilla sugar in the middle. Chop everything together well and quickly knead into a dough. Wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for about 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) (fan 160°C (320°F)) and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll out the dough to 2-3 mm, lightly dusting the work surface with flour, then cut out small stars in 2-3 sizes. Arrange them on the baking sheet and bake for about 8-10 minutes in the middle of the oven. Let them cool on a wire rack. Meanwhile, mix the lemon curd with the potato starch until smooth, bring it to a boil and let it cool slightly. Using a teaspoon, spread a little lemon curd on a larger cookie and place a smaller one on top (I made double-layered ones, but you can make taller trees). Dust with powdered sugar. Enjoy! ## Comments (3) - **margot** · 2011-12-18 07:29 gorgeous, just absolutely gorgeous, and that list of cookies is impressive, so enviable and I'm really curious about those Springerle, oh well, guess I'll just have to wait patiently - **zauberi** · 2011-12-18 07:48 such pretty cookies :) so festive - **Kaś** · 2011-12-19 16:48 these cookies came out so light and pretty --- [Recipes A to Z](https://flowers-recipes.com/recipes/) · [Sitemap](https://flowers-recipes.com/sitemap.xml)