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Delicate Butter Cookies Recipe
by CookEatShare Cookbook

Delicate Butter Cookies
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  Servings: 12

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 c. plus 1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking pwdr
  • 1 c. butter, room temperature
  • 2/3 c. sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 1 egg
  • (NO SALT)

Directions

  1. Have baking sheet ready--don't grease. Start oven 10 min before baking. Set to moderately warm (425 degrees). Sift flour, measure, resift 3 times with baking pwdr. Cream butter till smooth and shiny; add in sugar gradually, creaming thoroughly. Stir in flavorings, then beat in egg till fluffy. Add in flour in 2 or possibly 3 portions, mixing only till smooth after each portion. Cover and place in refrigerator 1 hour to chill. Remove 1/3 of dough at a time (keep rest chilled). Roll out on a slightly floured pastry cloth with floured stockinet-covered rolling pin to a thickness of about 1/16. Cut as close together as possible and place 1-inch apart on baking sheet.
  2. Bake from 4-5 min to a golden color. Remove to cake racks to cold. To store, lay one layer deep between sheets of waxed paper in covered box to prevent tender cookies from breaking. Yield: 7 dozen 2 1/4-inch cookies.