Welcome Santa!

It's Christmas Eve and you know what that means - the last minute rush to shop, wrap and bake. One of my most favorite cookies are Lemon Angel Wings. They're almost like candy in that they're coated in sugar before they're baked so it caramelizes while baking and then hardens like a nice thin sweet and sugary shell. YUM.

They're not difficult to make either! I found the recipe on Taste of Home a few years back and they're a tradition now - Santa LOVES them. ;)

Note: I'm stealing the photo from Taste of Home until I upload my own later today. I'm also making chocolate covered marshmallows and possibly Hungarian Angel Wing Cookies that have rum in them and are fried! How's that for a happy holiday combination?!



Lemon Zest Angel Wing Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cold butter, cubed
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 10 tablespoons sugar, divided

Directions

• 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 tablespoons 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 tablespoons 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° for 14 minutes or until golden brown. Turn cookies over; bake 5 minutes longer. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 3 dozen.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 each) equals 84 calories, 6 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 16 mg cholesterol, 53 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.