Shortbread Cookies
Author: Home Service Iroquois Gas
- 1/2 pound butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 1/2 cup flour sifted
- dash salt
- sugar (for sprinkling)
Mix the first four ingredients (Butter, sugar, flour, salt)
Roll out to 1/3" to 1/2" thickness.
Cut with square cookie cutter; sprinkle tops with sugar and prick with a fork,
Bake on ungreased cookie sheets at 300º F for 20-25 minutes.
Cookies will dry out but not brown.
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Lemon Squares
Servings: 3 dozen
Author: Holiday Recipes from National Fuel Gas
Bottom Layer
- 1 cup flour sifted
- 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
Top Layer
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs slightly beaten
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp confectioners’ sugar
Bottom Layer
Mix together flour and confectioners’ sugar.
Cut in butter, as for pastry, until mixture resembles a coarse meal. Mix well.
Pat into a 9″x9″x2″ pan.
Bake at 350º for 15 minutes.
Top Layer
Combine all ingredients except confectioners sugar and pour over baked bottom layer.
Bake at 350º for 25 minutes.
While warm sprinkle top with confectioners’ sugar and cut into 1 1/2″ squares.
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