Lemon Icebox Cookies

Cookie Ingredients:

• 2 cups Crisco
• 2 tbs lemon extract
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 4 tsp cream of tarter
• 3 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp baking soda

Directions:

• Cream Crisco, sugar and lemon extract
• Add eggs and beat until dough looks like ice cream
• Sift flour, baking soda and cream of tartar - add to mixture
• Mix well
• Back at 350 for 10 minutes. Do NOT over bake, usually 8 minutes on light pan
• Cool Completely

Cookies:

Icing Ingredients

• 1 1/2 sticks butter (softened)
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 2 lbs powdered sugar

Icing Directions:

• Cream softened butter with lemon juice
• Add the powdered sugar and mix well
  

Icing:

Iced Cookies

These cookies are a perfect mix of lemon and sweet and each time I make them and invariably eat a few, it's like a little bite of summer!