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Iced Lemon Thins

From the kitchen of Louise Durman's "Recipes Upon Request" cookbook

Ingredients

  • 3 cups unsifted flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup reconstituted lemon juice
  • for glaze: 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 Tbsp reconstituted lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Sift flour, baking powder, and soda in a large bowl.
  2. Beat butter and sugar.
  3. Gradually add dry ingredients and lemon juice to the sugar mixture.
  4. Chill dough 1 hour.
  5. On a floured surface, roll half of dough to 1/8-inch thickness.
  6. Cut out cookies.
  7. Place on ungreased baking sheets and bake at 400° for 7-9 minutes.
  8. For the glaze, mix confectioners' sugar and lemon juice together; once cookies have cooled, top with glaze and let set.
Card also has a handwritten note calling this recipe "like Hane W. Goodies."
digitized from IcedLemonThins.pdf