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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 10 Minutes Servings: 24 |
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A tender sweet cookie with a tart lemon filling. Delightful to look at & even better to taste Ingredients:
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1 cup butter - softened |
1/2 cup icing sugar |
1 tsp lemon extract |
2 cups all-purpose flour |
1/4 tsp salt |
lemon filling |
1/4 cup sugar |
2 1/4 tsp cornstarch |
1/4 cup water |
1 tblspn butter |
1 tsp grated lemon peel |
4 1/2 tsp lemon juice |
yellow food coloring - if desired |
icing sugar for garnish |
Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
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3. With a wooden spoon, beat butter, icing sugar & lemon extract in a medium bowl.
4. Stir in flour & salt
5. If at this point the dough is too soft to shape, place in the fridge 1 - 2 hrs until it is firm enough
6. Shape dough into 1 inch balls
7. Place about 1 inch apart on an un-greased cookie sheet
8. Flatten slightly with the flat bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar
9. Bake 8 - 10 mins until the edges are barely light brown
10. Immediately move to wire racks to cool
11. Put cookies together in pairs with Lemon filling
12. Sift with icing sugar
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