PETITES GALETTES AU CITRON - DELICATE LEMON C

      Title: PETITES GALETTES AU CITRON - DELICATE LEMON C
  Categories: Dessert, French, Ethnic
       Yield: 40 Cookies
  
       7 tb Unsalted butter
     2/3 c  Granulated sugar
       2 lg Eggs
            Grated zest of 2 lemons
     3/4 c  All-purpose flour
  
   Source:Dessert Sensations Fresh from France by Faye Levy
   
   These cookies are very quick and easy to make. They are shaped by
   pushing the batter from a spoon, like many American cookies, but then
   are flattened by tapping the baking sheet vigorously several times on
   the work surface so that they will be crisp.
   
   Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
   
   Lightly butter two (2) baking sheets.
   
   Beat butter until soft and smooth. Add sugar and beat until smooth.
   Add 1 egg and beat until blended. Beat second egg in a small bowl,
   then gradually beat it into mixture. Stir in lemon zest. Sift flour
   over mixture and stir it in with a wooden spoon. Let batter stand 15
   minutes at room temperature.
   
   To shape cookies, take 1/2 teaspoon of batter and use another
   teaspoon to push batter onto baking sheet. Space cookies about
   3-inches apart. TAP baking sheet vigorously several times on work
   surface to flatten cookies.
   
   Bake 6-7 minutes, or until edges of cookies are brown and centers
   light beige. Transer to a rack to cool. (If cookies harden and become
   difficult to remove, return them to oven for 30 seconds to soften.)
   Cool baking sheets and bake remaining cookies.
   
   Cookies can be kept about 1 week in an airtight container; or they
   can be frozen.
   
   From the recipe files of suzy@gannett.infi.net
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