These are lemony little sandwich cookies that just melt in your mouth. Have a few with a tall glass of iced tea.
Ingredients
- butter: 1 cup
- confectioners' sugar: 0.5 cup
- all-purpose flour: 2 cups
- lemon zest: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- egg: 1 piece (beaten)
- white sugar: 0.66667 cup
- ½ teaspoons lemon zest: 1 piece
- lemon juice: 3 Tbsp
- ½ tablespoons butter: 1 piece
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Stages of cooking
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In a medium bowl, cream together butter and confectioners' sugar until light. Stir in the lemon peel, flour and salt. Cover bowl, and chill for about 1 hour.
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
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Flatten teaspoons of dough onto cookie sheets, and bake for 5 to 8 minutes, until light brown. Remove from baking sheets to cool on racks.
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To make the filling, combine the beaten egg, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice and butter in the top of a double boiler. Stir until thick. Sandwich cookies with 1 teaspoon of filling.
