Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• finely grated peel of 1 lemon
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• additional sugar for rolling cookie (regular or coarse)

Recipe

• 1 beat butter and sugar until smooth and fluffy.
• 2 add egg, vanilla, lemon juice and grated lemon peel. mix well.
• 3 stir together dry ingredients in a small bowl and add gradually to the creamed mixture until well blended.
• 4 form rounded tsp of dough into balls and roll in sugar (if you use coarse sugar, it will look more "sparkly!").
• 5 bake in preheated oven at 350f for 8-10 minutes, just until lightly browned on the bottom. (this makes a soft, chewy cookie; if you want crispier, bake until they're lightly browned on top.).
• 6 allow to cool on pan slightly before removing to cooling rack.