Swedish Butter Cookies (aka lemon drops)

from Claudia Staude

These are delicious little 1.5" cookies that Great-grandma Siskosky used to make and I used to gobble by the bunches when I was small. Rumor has it that we never quite got the exact recipe.. grandma was great for "keeping a secret ingredient out" but this is as close to it as Grandma Della was able to get.

Ingredients

Cream

• 1c. butter or margarine
• 1/3 c. powdered sugar
• 3/4 C. cornstarch
• 1 C sifted flour

Mix and CHILL.

Form into little balls then flatten using a glass with a water-moistened bottom - these are small cookies about 1.5" in diameter

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes on an ungreased pan.

Yields about 5 dozen.

When they cool - Frost with the following:

• 1C powedered sugar - sifted
• 1 TBsp - melted butter
• 1 TBsp - lemon juice
• 1 TBsp - orange juice

Chill cookies after frosting to set frosting... (it's really like a thin glaze sort of frosting...)