Lemon Sugar Cookie

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg, unbeaten
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• nutmeg (optional)
• colored crystal sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 385 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 blend together shortening, salt, lemon rind and sugar. beat in egg and milk. stir in all other ingredients.
• 3 squish a roughly teaspoon-to-tablespoon-size amount of the dough, which is coarse until squished, and place in rows on a greased baking sheet.
• 4 for pizzazz, dust cookies with nutmeg or colored sugar.
• 5 bake 6-10 minute until light golden. (watch! they darken quickly!).
• 6 tip: use the rest of the lemon to make fresh lemonade, delicious!