Lemon Sugar Cookies

(from mredwine’s recipe box)

Source: Tracy Whitaker 2009

Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 c flour-sifted
  • 1 t baking soda
  • 1 t cream of tartar
  • 1/4 t salt
  • 1 c butter, soft
  • 1/2 t lemon extract
  • 2 c sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • extra sugar

Directions

  1. oven: 350

  2. sift all dry ingredients together.

  3. cream butter, vanilla, lemon in mixer bowl. add 2 c sugar and beat until fluffy. beat in eggs, 1 yolk at a time. add flower mixture gradualy, betaing well. shape into 1 in. balls. place 2 in. apart on a cookie sheet. flatten with the bottom of a glass that’s been dipped in sugar.

  4. 10 minutes

  5. cool on sheet, then on rack.

  6. makes 3 dozen

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