Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 each)
  • Calories:
  • 70
  • Fat:
  • 4 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 2 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 12 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 32 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 9 g
  • Fiber:
  • 0 g
  • Protein:
  • 1 g


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Lemon Tea Cookies

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These sandwich cookies taste rich and buttery and have a lovely lemon filling. The recipe has been in our family since the 1950s, when my mother got it from a French friend in her club. Mom always made them at Christmas, and now my sister and I do the same. -Phyllis Dietz Westland, Michigan

SERVINGS: 54

CATEGORY: Lower Fat

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min.

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
  • FILLING:
  • 3 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 4-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 3/4 teaspoon grated orange peel
  • 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 drops yellow food coloring, optional

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk and vanilla. Gradually add flour. Shape into two 14-in. rolls; reshape each roll into a 14-in. x 1-1/8-in. x 1-1/8-in. block. Wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.
    Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle half of the cookies with nuts, gently pressing into dough. Bake at 400° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown around the edges. Remove to wire racks to cool.
    In a small mixing bowl, cream butter, lemon juice and orange peel until fluffy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar until smooth. Tint yellow if desired. Spread about 1 teaspoon on bottom of the plain cookies; place nut topped cookies over filling. Yield: about 4-1/2 dozen.


  • Re: Lemon Tea Cookies

    Definitely worth a little work! I love to make these for showers and special parties!

    deannms
  • Re: Lemon Tea Cookies

    These are as wonderful as they look. Everyone thinks you bought them from a bakery!

    Anonymous
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