Lemon Tea Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups flour
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 -3 teaspoons grated lemon rind
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 in medium bowl, combine first 4 ingredients; blend well.
• 2 chill dough.
• 3 heat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 4 shape dough into 1-inch balls.
• 5 place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 6 with thumb, make imprint in center of each cookie.
• 7 bake 8-10 minutes until lightly brown.
• 8 cool.
• 9 to make filling, combine all filling ingredients in medium saucepan, except for confectioners sugar.
• 10 cook over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth and thickened.
• 11 cool.
• 12 top each cookie with filling.
• 13 sprinkle with confectioners sugar.
• 14 store single layer, loosely covered.