Melt In Your Mouth Lemon Snowdrops

Total Time: 53 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 1/4 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of
• 4 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• yellow food coloring (optional)
• powdered sugar, for dusting when done

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 400*.
• 2 in a medium bowl, mix the butter/margarine, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the lemon extract.
• 3 stir in the flour and salt.
• 4 if the dough is too soft, refrigerate a few hours until it's firm enough to shape.
• 5 shape dough into 1" balls.
• 6 place about 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 7 flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar.
• 8 bake 8-10 minute or until the edges are light brown.
• 9 immediately remove from the cookie sheet to cool.
• 10 put the cookies together in pairs with the filling and then dust with the powdered sugar.
• 11 for the filling: mix the sugar and cornstarch in a 1 quart saucepan.
• 12 stir in the remaining ingredients.
• 13 cooking over medium heat, keep stirring constantly until the mixture thickens and comes to a boil.
• 14 boil 1 minute, stirring all the while, then cool.
• 15 enjoy!