F O O D
Lemon Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients
1-1/3 cups corn starch
2 cups butter or margarine
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
* Makes six dozen
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- In a large bowl, beat butter until softened.
- Add powdered sugar, beat until well combined.
- Add lemon peel and vanilla; beat well.
- In a medium bowl, stir together flour and cornstarch,
add to the mixture and beat well.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls.
- Place the balls on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Press tines of a fork atop each ball to make a subtle
design.
- Bake about 15 minutes or until the bottoms of the
cookies are lightly browned.
- Cool on wire racks.