Ribbon Cookies (by Donna B Of Summerville Of So. Carolina)

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 17 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (softened)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon rind (grated)
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup raspberry preserves (or flavor of choice, may use jam)
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 in a bowl, cream together butter & sugar till well-blended. add egg yolk, vanilla, lemon extract & lemon rind. mix well.
• 3 in a 2nd bowl, combine flour & salt. gradually add flour mixture to sugar-butter mixture & blend well.
• 4 shape dough into 3/4-in diameter ropes along the length of the baking sheets. w/your finger, press a long groove into the middle of ea rope, being careful not to press all the way down to the baking sheet. bake 10 minutes.
• 5 remove cookies from the oven & spoon preserves (or jam) in a thin line down the centers of the grooves. return to oven & bake 7-10 more minutes, till firm & light golden in color.
• 6 combine confectioners sugar & milk; drizzle sugar mixture over hot cookies. immediately cut cookies at a 45 degree angle in 1-in lengths. let cool on baking sheets & then transfer to cooling racks.