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                    Lemon cookie sandwiches! Ingredients: 
                    
                        
                                                1 cup butter  |  
                                                1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar  |  
                                                1 teaspoon lemon extract  |  
                                                2 cups all-purpose flour  |  
                                                1/4 teaspoon salt  |  
                                                1/2 cup white sugar  |  
                                                2 tablespoons cornstarch  |  
                                                1/4 teaspoon salt  |  
                                                1/2 cup water  |  
                                                2 tablespoons butter  |  
                                                2 teaspoons lemon zest  |  
                                                3 tablespoons lemon juice  |  
                                                3 drops yellow food coloring  |  
                                                
                     
                    Directions: 
                    
                        
                            
                                1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degree C). 2. Cream 1 cup butter or margarine and 1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar. Add 2 cups flour, lemon extract, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; mix well. 3. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Put together with filling. Roll in confectioners' sugar. 4. To Make Filling: Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 2 Tablespoons cornstarch, and dash of salt. Add 1/2 cup water, 2 Tablespoons butter or margarine, 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind, 3 Tablespoons lemon juice, and 3 drops of yellow food coloring. Bring to rolling boil, stirring constantly; boil and stir 1 minutes. Cool. Frost flat side of one cookie and put together with another cookie, sandwich-like. Roll in confectioners' sugar.                              | 
                         
                         
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