Recipe: Angel Whispers (lemon cookies with lemon filling)

ANGEL WHISPERS

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp lemon extract
1/4 tsp salt
Lemon Filling (recipe follows)

Cream butter and sugar together. Add flour, powdered sugar, lemon extract and salt; blend well. Chill dough.

Measure level teaspoons of dough into a round ball. Place 1-inch apart on ungreased baking sheet and flatten slightly. 

Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 8-10 minutes. Cool cookies on a rack.

Put 2 cookies together with Lemon Filling.

LEMON FILLING

1 egg, slightly beaten
Grated peel of one lemon
2/3 cup white granulated sugar
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 1/2 tbsp butter

Blend all in top of double boiler, cook over hot water; stirring continuously until thick. Chill until firm before using to fill cookies.

From: Candy, VA - 08-09-97

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