Lady Bird Johnson's Lemon Cookies
Created by dienia b on November 1, 2020
- Servings: 50
- Prep Time: 1d
- Cook Time: 15m
- Recipe #35914
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract flavoring
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
How to Make
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Step 1: Blend together butter and sugar.
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Step 2: Stir in egg and cream.
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Step 3: Stir in lemon zest and flavoring.
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Step 4: Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder
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Step 5: And add to sugar mixture
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Step 6: Mix well.
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Step 7: Chill cookie dough 2 to 3 hours, or even better chilled overnight.
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Step 8: WHEN READY TO BAKE:
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Step 9: Roll out very thin and cut with Texas shaped cookie cutter.
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Step 10: Bake 8 to 10 minutes in a 375 degree F oven.
Nutritional Facts
- 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