AuthorRetroRuth
From C&H Test Kitchen
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1 cup sugar
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh lemon peel
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp almond extract
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
¼ cup thick jam
1 cup powdered sugar
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Cream together sugar, lemon peel, butter and shortening. Beat in eggs, vanilla and almond extracts. Combine flour, salt and baking powder, stir in sugar mixture. Chill dough 1 hour. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On flour board, roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut Snow Flurries with 3 inch star cookie cutter. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 8-10 minutes until lightly browned. Cool on rack. Sandwich 2 stars together with 1/8 teaspoon jam with points of stars off-angle. Sift powdered sugar generously over assembled cookies. Set 30 minutes.
Yield: 30 cookies
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh lemon peel
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp almond extract
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
¼ cup thick jam
1 cup powdered sugar