The Recipe Mom

~~~~~~~ Lemon Drop Cookies ~~~~~~~

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of flour
1 cup of sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup of butter
1 egg
1 tsp. lemon extract (extract gives a very full, true flavor)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lightly grease a cookie sheet.

Mix together the butter and sugar in a large bowl until it’s very creamy.

Next, mix in the egg and the lemon extract.

Grab another bowl and in this bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.

Add this dry mixture to the butter mixture and mix it up well.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto your cookie sheet.

Bake these for about 9 - 10 minutes or until they turn lightly golden.

Cool for 5 minutes before removing from the sheet.

Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar (powdered and sifted)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour (sifted)
1/4 teaspoon Salt
3/4 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl and mix in vanilla.

Sift flour and salt together and add to the sugar mixture. Gently fold in the chopped pecans.

Shape mixture into golf ball sized balls.

Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for approximately 15 minutes or until baked through and slightly golden.

While cookies are baking place a little extra powdered sugar in a bowl. Once the cookies are done baking roll through the sugar and set aside to cool.

I have to say, these are one of my weaknesses :-)  They taste like fluffy, crumbly, round shortbread cookies.

Happy Cooking!
The Recipe Mom