Lemon Meringue Cookie Cups

Ingredients:

Cookie

• 2 sticks butter, melted
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 ¼ cups flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Filling

• Lemon curd

Topping

• 2 egg whites
• 3 tablespoons sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350º and spray mini muffin tray with nonstick spray (spray generously)
2. Beat butter and sugar together until combined
3. Add egg and mix
4. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, and vanilla
5. Scoop cookie dough into mini muffin tray.  Mold dough into each muffin cup in a fairly thin layer (dough expands when cooked)
6. Bake 10-12 minutes
7. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.  If cookie dough expanded, press back down and against the sides to create room for filling.
8. While dough is cooling, beat 2 egg whites until foamy.  Add sugar one tablespoon at a time until the mixture forms white peaks.
9. Once dough is cool, gently twist to remove from muffin tray.  Spoon lemon curd into each cup.
10. Place a dollop of meringue on the top of each cup and put cups on a cooking tray with parchment paper
11. Put tray in the oven and broil until tops of meringue start to brown (about 20 seconds)