Lemon Cookies

I bought some lemons a few weeks ago and have wanted to do something with them.  Thomas and Barbara wanted lemonade, that was easy enough.  I am trying to motivate myself to make a lemon merangue pie, I really dobt need to eata whole pie and nobody else will eat it :) so...  but i was thinking lemon cookies woukd be good. But I was wanting something lemony tart like pie, but soft and kind of cake like... this is what I came up with :)

Lemon Cookies

1       Stick   butter or margarine
1/3    Cup    Shortening
3/4    Cup    Sugar
1       tsp      baking powder
1       dash   salt
1                  egg 
1       tsp      vanilla
2      Cups   Gluten free flour blend
1/4   Cup    fresh squeezed lemon juice

extra sugar and a juice glass


Preheat oven to 375*

Combine all ingredients.

Spoon by tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheet.

Use juice glass dipped in extrs sugar to flatten cookies.

Bake 7-9 minutes.

Let cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes, move to cooling rack to cool completely.

makes approx. 3 dozen cookies.