Description:

Wonderful lemon cookies

Source:

Tessa Thomas

Serves/Makes:12 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) buttermilk (or 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk and 1/4 cup (60 ml) vinegar)
• 5 tsp (25 ml). baking soda
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml). vanilla
• 1 cup (225 ml) lemon juice (fresh is best)
• 1-1/4 cups (300 ml) sugar
• 7/8 cup (200 ml) all purpose flour
• 8 tbsp (125 ml) butter or margarine, melted

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees (200 C.).
• In a small bowl or 2 cups (475 ml) measuring cup, beat the egg until foamy.
• Add the buttermilk and vanilla and blend well.
• Add the baking soda, one tspful at a time, sprinkling it in and beating until the mixture is smooth and the consistency of light cream.
• Add the lemon juice all at once and blend into the mixture. Stir, but do not beat (you want it creamy, but without a lot of air)
• The mixture will congeal into a pasty lump. Scoop it out of the bowl with a spatula and spread it on a floured surface.
• Sift the flour and 3/4 cup (175 ml) of the sugar together and use the fingertips to work it into the egg-lemon mixture.
• With a floured rolling pin, roll the dough out 1/32" thick and with the tip of a sharp knife, cut out 'angel' shapes and twist the edges up to form a shell-like curve about 3/8" high.
• Sprinkle on the remainder of the sugar.
• Brush each 'angel' with melted butter.
• Place the angels one inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

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