These cookies are great when
made and decorated in holiday styles.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup (125 mL) butter or margarine,
softened
2-1/2 cups (625 mL)
all-purpose
flour
1 cup (250 mL) granulated
sugar
1/2 cup (125 mL) sour cream
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/8 tsp. salt
2 tsp. grated lemon rind
Decorate:
Use
icing and spread on each cookie. Decorate with small candies, sprinkles
or other goodies.Cookies can be decorated in many
styles, just use your imagination.
Preparation:
In a bowl beat butter or margarine until
fluffy.
Add
half the flour and beat well.
Add
all other ingredients except flour and mix well.
Stir
remaining flour into mixture and beat until well mixed.
Gather
dough into a ball, flatten to a 5 inch round, and wrap in plastic.
Refrigerate
for at least 45 minutes or overnight.
When
dough has chilled, lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
Preheat
oven to 375º F (190º C).
Cut
dough round in half.
Cut
2 pieces of waxed paper the same size as baking sheets.
Lightly
flour waxed paper and place one sheet on table or counter, floured
side up.
Place
one half of dough in center and top with other waxed paper, floured
side down.
Roll
out dough between paper to 1/8 inch (3 mm) thickness and remove top
piece of sheet from dough.
Using
shaped cookie cutter, cut out as many cookies as possible, leaving
1/2 inch between each shape, and remove all trimmings.
Invert
waxed paper with cookies onto greased baking sheet and peel off
waxed paper.
Repeat
with remaining half of cookie dough to fill second baking sheet.
Press
all trimmings together and reroll between floured waxed paper and
cut out cookies.
Bake
cookies 8 to 10 minutes or until just lightly browned.
Cool
cookies for about 5 minutes on baking sheets and remove to wire racks
to
cool completely.
