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Lemon Crisps Cookies




Source of Recipe


HEB


List of Ingredients




3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 package 3-oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt



Recipe



In large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar, lemon peel and lemon juice until light and fluffy. With mixer at low speed, beat in flour and salt; blend well. Flatten dough to disk shape; refrigerate, wrapped in plastic for at least 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Work with one-fourth of dough at a time; keeping remainder refrigerated. Roll our to 1/4-inch thickness; cut into 2-inch rounds. Press end of chopstick or wooden skewer into cookies in decorative pattern, or use coarse end of meat mallet lightly pressed into dough to make a pattern. Sprinkle with yellow sugar crystals. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, spacing about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Cool completely on wire racks.