Christmas Cookie Baking Day: Part 3

Oh. My. These cookies are heavenly! They are even better than I expected. If you like lemon, you should definitely make a batch of these. We are huge lemon lovers so I added in lots of extra lemon peel and they are very lemony. But if you just followed the recipe, you probably wouldn't be able to taste the lemon flavor that much. I'd love to try these without the lemon peel or with another substitute as I'm sure they'd be just as good.

Lemon Angel Wings - from Taste of Home magazine

1-1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. cold butter
1/2 c. sour cream
1 tsp. grated lemon peel (I put in at least 1 Tbsp.)
10 Tbsp. sugar, divided

Place flour in a large bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in sour cream and lemon peel until well blended. Place on a piece of waxed paper; shape into a 4-1/2-in. square. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Cut dough into four 2-1/4-in. squares. Place one square on a piece of waxed paper sprinkled with 2 Tbsp. sugar. Cover with another piece of waxed paper. Keep remaining squares refrigerated. Roll out dough into a 12-in x 5-in rectangle, turning often to coat both sides with sugar. Lightly mark center of 12-in side. Starting with a short side, roll up jelly-roll style to the center mark, peeling paper away while rolling. Repeat rolling from other short side, so the two rolls meet in the center and resemble a scroll. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate. Repeat with remaining squares, using 2 Tbsp. sugar for each. Chill for 1 hour. Unwrap dough and cut into 1/2-in. slices; dip each side in remaining sugar. Place 2 in. apart on foil-lined baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 14 minutes or until golden brown. Turn cookies over; bake 5 minutes longer. Remove to wire racks to cool.

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I also finished the Peanut Butter Blossoms from the Hershey's website. These, as usual, are delicious and one of my favorite Christmas cookies.

The Sugar Cookies are ready to be frosted. I just need to make up some frosting. But I have a confession. We have no food coloring...and no red or green sprinkles. And another confession - I don't even have any Christmas cookie cutters. So, I'm doing round cookies with white frosting and colored sprinkles (that look more like birthday sprinkles than Christmas sprinkles!). Oh well! When you live on a $22-per-week grocery budget, you just get used to things like that. Hopefully, they'll taste so good that no one will care!

And while I'm making the frosting, I'm working on my favorite Ritz Cracker cookies. I'll post pictures and the recipe later.