Drop NY Times Sugar Cookies to try

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus 1 tablespoon for greasing cookie sheets
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon milk

PREPARATION

1.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix the flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside. Grease 2 cookie sheets with 1 tablespoon of the butter. Cream the remaining butter. Gradually add the sugar and continue beating until blended. Add the egg, vanilla, lemon rind and milk. Add the flour mixture all at once and beat until smooth.

2.

Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto the cookie sheets, spaced 1 inch apart. Bake until golden brown, about 10 to 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.

YIELD

Two dozen cookies

• Originally published with FOOD; A Jolt of Cool
• By Molly O'Neill, June 28, 1992