Snow Flurries

By Nemo

Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 Tbs fresh lemon peel; chopped
• 1/2 cup butter; softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp almond extract
• 3 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 cup thick jam
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Details

Servings 30

Preparation

Step 1

Cream together sugar, lemon peel, butter and shortening. Beat in eggs, vanilla and almond extracts. Combine flour, salt and baking powder; stir into sugar mixture. Chill dough for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On floured board, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut with 3 inch star cookie cutter. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 8-10 minutes until light browned. Cool on rack. Sandwich 2 stars together with 1/8 tsp. jam with points of stars off angle. Sift powdered sugar generously over assembled cookies. Set 30 minutes.