Old-Fashioned Lemon Cookies
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 8mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
3 dozen
ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cornmeal
-
garnish
- additional sugar
directions
- Cream butter and sugar. Mix in egg yolks. Mix well.
- Stir in lemon zest and flour and cornmeal.
- Pat dough into a disc--wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 3-4 hours.
- Roll out on floured surface about 1/2" thick or a little less.
- Cut in desired shapes.sprinkle with additional sugar and lemon zest, if desired.
- Bake in 350°F oven for 8-10 minutes or until edges are just turning golden brown.
- Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute before removing to rack to cool completely.
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