Sense of Home
~from the Sense of Home kitchen~
Makes approximately 4 dozen cookies
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons lemon extract
2 tablespoon lemon juice
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon peel
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream butter and sugar in a mixer. Add eggs, lemon extract, and lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together, add lemon peel and stir into butter mixture.
For drop cookies:
Drop by spoonfuls on baking sheet. Bake for approximately 10 minutes in a 350 degree F. oven.
For refrigerator cookies:
Dust work surface with flour. Roll dough into two or three cylinders, depending on how many cookies you want to bake at a time. Wrap dough cylinders in plastic, chill in refrigerator for up to a week. To bake, cut dough cylinder into 1/2 inch slices and bake at 350 degrees F. for approximately 13 minutes.
Store cookies in air tight container for one week or store in the freezer for up to one month.
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