Recipe 1491 - Lemon Cutout Cookies
Recipe 1491 - Lemon Cutout Cookies
(by Shirley McNevich)
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2/3 cup Crisco shortening
1 cup white sugar
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
2 TBSP lemon juice
1 tsp. lemon zest (grated lemon rind)
Into a bowl sift flour, baking powder and salt--once sifted, sift the
mixture again. In a mixer add Crisco and white sugar--beat. Add 1 egg
and 1 egg yolk--beat. Add lemon juice and lemon zest--beat. Slowly
add flour mixture--beat. Refrigerate the dough overnight. The next day
remove dough from refrigerator--flour your counter, place a baseball
sized piece of dough on the flour, and flour the top of the dough
(refrigerate remaining dough until you need more). Use a rolling pin to
roll out the dough 1/8" thick. Cut cookies with a round cookie cutter.
Repeat with all dough. Place cookies on to greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Cool completely. Dust with
powdered sugar if desired.
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This recipe is from Shirley McNevich's first Mom's Best Recipes Volume 5. Published here with permission.
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