Lemon curd & Poppy seeds Cookies

Oh, how I love to cook! This weekend I went on a cooking spree. I just couldn't leave the kitchen, I didn't want to leave it where there was so much to be done. So from the morning till evening I've been chopping, mixing, boiling, baking with small breaks for trips to the shop for extra ingredients. If I was to choose one recipe to present from this weekend the choice would be difficult, but I think this one would win... cookies with homemade lemon curd and poppy seeds. 

Lemon curd & Poppy seeds Cookies
Cookie:

125 g unsalted butter

150 g poppy seeds

1/2 cup caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose four

1 tsp baking powder

1 egg 

3 tbsp milk
150g poppy seeds

Lemon curd:
125 g unsalted butter
1 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp lemon zest
1/2 cup caster sugar
4 eggs

Let's start from making the lemon curd. Melt butter on very low fire, add sugar and mix until completely dissolved. Zest lemon and squeeze lemon juice. Add them together with eggs to the mixture, keep on low fire while continuously mixing. Mix until lemon curd reaches its jelly-like consistency and transfer it to a jar. This amount of lemon curd will be sufficient for cookies and much much more, so prepare sterilized jar to store it. It will also taste fantastic with morning toasts or pancakes. 

As for cookies mix butter, sugar, flour, baking powder, vanilla extract, egg and only 1 tbsp of milk together. Knead the dough well and prepare poppy seeds by soaking them for 5 minutes in 2 tbsp of hot milk. Divide dough into two and roll each piece between two baking paper sheets into A4-size rectangles. Spread lemon curd on the rolled sheet, sprinkle them with poppy seeds and roll the dough from the longer end. Keep the rolled dough for 1 hour in the fridge and in the meantime preheat the oven to 190 C. Take the rolled dough out of the fridge, cut it into 1.5 cm slices and bake until golden. In the meantime, to match the mood :)

Fool's Garden- Lemon Tree