nain's lemon cookies
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This recipe is from a friend. Nain means grandmother in Welsh and her stepmother was famous for these cookies. For Christmas, I sprinkle green and red sprinkles on top before icing hardens.
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prep time
1 Hr 45 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For nain's lemon cookies
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1 cbutter or margarine
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2 csugar
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2 lgeggs
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1 csour cream
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1 tspbaking soda
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juice and rind of 1 orange
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3 1/2 call purpose flour
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1 tspbaking powder
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juice and rind of one lemon
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3/4 lbconfectioners sugar
How To Make nain's lemon cookies
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1Cream butter, then add sugar and continue creaming. Add eggs and mix at medium speed. Mix baking soda with sour cream and add to cookie batter. Mix in juice and rind of orange. At low speed, mix in 3/12 cups flour and baking powder
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2Drop by teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees until very lightly browned on bottom and top springs back (about 8 minutes). Cookies shoud be puffy and cakelike. It is best to just 2-3 at first to test. If too flat, add 1/4 to 1/2 more flour (Amount of flour depends on size of orange.) Bake remaining cookies and cool before icing.
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3For icing, Mix juice and rind of one lemon with sugar gradually, until spreading consistency. Spread on top of each cookie.
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4Yield: about 100 2 inch cookies.
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