Lemon-Clove Shortbread Wedges
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
2 lemons
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, room temp.
1 cup powdered sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 egg
pinch of salt
Recipe
Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350. Grease cookie baking sheet. Using a vegetable peeler, remove lemon peel. Mince peel (reserve lemons for another use) Combine flour, cloves, and 1/4 t. salt in med. bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter, powdered sugar, yolk and a lemon peel in another bowl till well blended. Add dry ingredients. and stir till dough holds together. Form into a ball. Transfer to prepared pan and flatten to a 9-inch diameter round. Cut the round into 12 wedges. Space the wedges about 1/2 " apart. Pierce each one a couple of times with a toothpick. Using fork tines, press cookies at rounded edge to crimp decoratively.
Beat egg with pinch of salt in a small bowl to blend. Brush the cookie wedges lightly with egg glaze. Bake cookies till golden brown about 17 minutes. Let stand on cookie sheet 5 minutes. Transfer to rack and let cool completely.
Makes 12
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