Recipe - Grandmas Lemon Cookies

COOKIES
2 cup Sifted allpurpose flour
1 One half teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth cup Butter or margarine;
softened
One half cup Sugar
3 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

LEMON FROSTING
1 One half cup Confectioner's sugar
1 One half (up to)
2 teaspoon Water
One half teaspoon Lemon extract

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour and baking powder. Work
butter in a bowl until creamy. Add sugar and beat until well blended. Add
eggs and vanilla and beat well. Gradually add sifted dry ingredients and
mix well after each adition. Drop slightly rounded teaspoonfuls of dough 2
inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 810 minutes, or until
lightly golden. Remove cookies to wire cake racks and cool. Dip tops of
cooled cookies in Lemon Frosting and let dry. Store in an airtight
container. Makes about 4 dozen.

Lemon Frosting: Mix together confectioner's sugar, water and lemon extract
until thick and smooth.

FROM MADELINE NAPOLITANO,

REDBOOK, DEC 1972, "THE GREAT

CHRISTMAS COOKIESWAP COOKBOOK"

From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained
lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.