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      Title: Lemon Snowflake Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 30 servings
 
           ***cookies***
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine;
           -softened
      1 c  Sugar
      1    Egg
      2 tb Milk
      1 ts Lemon zest; grated
    1/2 ts Lemon extract
      2 c  Flour
    1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Cream of tartar
    1/4 ts Salt
           ***royal icing***
  1 3/4 c  Confectioner's sugar
      2 tb Warm water
      1 tb Meringue powder
    1/8 ts Lemon extract
 
  Recipe by: Sue Klapper
      For cookies, cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy. Add
  egg, milk, lemon zest, and lemon extract; beat until smooth. In a small
  bowl, combine remaining ingredients; add to creamed mixture and stir until
  a soft dough forms.  Wrpa in plastic wrap and chill 2 hours or until dough
  is firm.
      Preheat oven to 375.  On a lightly floured surface, use a floured
  rolling pin to roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Use a 3 inch diameter
  fluted edge cookie cutter ot cut out cookies. Transfer to a lightly greased
  baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until bottoms of cookies are lightly
  browned.  Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
      For icing: beat confectioners sugar, water, meringue powder and lemon
  extract in a medium bowl with an electric mixer 7 to 10 minutes or until
  stiff. Spoon icing into a pastry bag fitted with a small round tip. Pipe
  snowflake design on each cookie. Allow icing to harden. Yield: about 2 -
  1/2 dozen cookies.
    Source:  The Spirit of Christmas Book 8
 
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