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Homemade Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipe

These light cookies are crisp on the outside and soft inside, making it hard to eat just one! I most often bake them for Christmas and Valentine's Day.

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Homemade Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 78 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
4 eggs
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons half-and-half cream
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
6-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon juice, cream and lemon peel. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters dipped in flour. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: about 13 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 108 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 24 mg cholesterol, 75 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Lemon Sugar Cookies in Best of Country Cookies , p49