Winter Guard “Hospitality” Lemon Cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Butter
1/2 cup Vegetable Shortening
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
2 tsp Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 tsp Lemon Rind
2 cups All Purpose Flour
3/4 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400°F. Cream butter and shortening; add sugar, egg, lemon juice and rind. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; add the butter mix. Mix well. Drop by teaspoons onto cookie sheet. Stamp flat with the bottom of a glass or spatula covered with wet cloth. Bake 5 - 7 minutes until brown around edges (watch close). Cool and then ice.
Makes 3 - 4 Dozen
Icing:
Mix some Powdered Sugar with Lemon Juice until slightly thick.
From my sister Kim (Broussard) Bevis
