YOU ARE NOT AS SWEET AS MY SUGAR COOKIES - RECIPE

½ cup butter, softened
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar

Juice of 1 lemon, remove seeds
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

1¼ cups all purpose flour
¼ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
Coconut to roll dough in.

✪ Preheat oven to 350˚F (175˚C)
✪ Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt: set aside.
✪ In a medium mixing bowl; cream together the butter and sugars.
✪ Mix in lemon juice, egg, and vanilla.
✪ Add dry ingredients. Wrap dough in plastic and put in the refrigerator until easy to handle.
✪ Roll dough into a 1-inch ball and then roll in coconut. Place ball on a lined cookie sheet and flatten with your fingers.
✪ Bake for 12-15 minutes, until slightly golden. Let cool on wire cooling racks.




Photo by Jason Hervey, Prop styling Eden Bluestein