Ingredients

1 C butter

3/4 C sugar

2 egg yolks

1 t lemon peel

1/2 t vanilla

2 c flour

1 egg white, lightly beaten, if desired, to brush plain cookies before baking.

Raspberry jam for tart cookies.

Preparation

Cookies:

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Cream butter and sugar.
  3. Beat in egg yolks.
  4. Stir in lemon peel and vanilla.
  5. Mix in flour.
  6. Roll out 1/8 inch thick and cut into desired shapes. This will be easier if the dough is chilled.
  7. Bake 10 - 12 minutes.

For tart cookies: Cut as many large hearts as you can. Cut a small heart window out of half of the large heart cookies before baking, to create a windowed heart outline. After the cookies cool, spread raspberry jam on the whole large heart cookies and top with the outline cookies (the large hearts with a heart-shaped window.) The small heart cut-outs can be served plain, spread with raspberry jam, or dipped in tempered chocolate.