Pat Nixon's White House Cookies

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Title: PAT NIXON'S WHITE HOUSE COOKIES
Categories: Cookies, Celebrity
Yield: 10 Dozen

-MARY WILSON BWVB02B
1 c Sugar
2 c Butter; at room temperature
1 ts Vanilla extract
1/2 tb Lemon rind; grated
2 Eggs
6 c - 7 cups cake flour

Cream together sugar and butter in an electric mixer. When fluffy, add
vanilla and lemon rind. Blend well. Add eggs, one at a time; mix well.
Remove from mixer. Add cake flour; blend with a heavy mixing spoon. Chill
dough in refrigerator 1 hour or overnight. Roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness
and cut out with cookie cutters. Bake in preheated 375-degree oven until
brown, about 7-8 minutes.

Note: If colored granulated sugar is used for decoration, prepare an egg
wash (1 well-beaten egg with 1 tbsp. milk) and brush over the cut-out
dough. Sprinkle with sugar and bake. Makes 10 dozen cookies.

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