Lemon Cookie Sandwiches

Title:
Lemon Cookie Sandwiches

Yield:
48 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Bakery




Ingredients:





   1/2 c  Sugar


   1/2 c  Butter or margarine;


          -softened


     2    Eggs; separated


     1 tb Water


     1 ts Vanilla


 1 1/2 c  All-purpose flour


   1/2 ts Salt


   1/4 ts Baking soda


   2/3 c  Nuts; finely chopped


          Lemon filling:


     1 c  Powdered sugar


     2 ts Butter or margarine;


          -softened


     1 ts Lemon peel; grated


 1 1/2 tb Lemon juice






 Recipe by: CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK


     Mix sugar, margarine, yolks, water and vanilla. Stir in flour, salt and


 soda. Divide dough into halves. Shape each half into roll 7x1-1/2". Wrap


 and refrigerate at least 4 hours. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Cut rolls into


 1/8" slices. Place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Beat egg whites


 slightly; stir in nuts. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon nut mixture onto half of the


 slices, leaving remaining slices plain. Bake until edges begin to brown,


 about 6 min. Immediately remove from cookie sheet; cool. Put cookies


 together in pairs with Lemon Filling: (beat all ingredients until smooth).


 Place nut-topped cookies on top. About 4 dozen cookies.


 


 Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter  by novmom@juno.com


 (Angela [lynn] Gilliland) on Apr 26, 1997