Lady Bird Johnson's Lemon Cookies
Recipe: #35914
November 01, 2020
"Gadsden AL Times newspaper, April 12, 1964 It called for zest of 1 lemon"
Original is 50 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (15.4 g)
- Calories 51.9
- Total Fat - 2.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.4 g
- Cholesterol - 23 mg
- Sodium - 53.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 6.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 4 g
- Protein - 1.1 g
- Calcium - 11.7 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Blend together butter and sugar.
Step 2
Stir in egg and cream.
Step 3
Stir in lemon zest and flavoring.
Step 4
Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder
Step 5
And add to sugar mixture
Step 6
Mix well.
Step 7
Chill cookie dough 2 to 3 hours, or even better chilled overnight.
Step 8
WHEN READY TO BAKE:
Step 9
Roll out very thin and cut with Texas shaped cookie cutter.
Step 10
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in a 375 degree F oven.
Tips
- Texas shape cookie cutter