lemon sparkle cookies

puckery and twinkly. would be great with a nice cup of tea. 

3 T sugar (for added pizazz, use yellow sanding sugar)
1/2 C shortening, softened
3/4 C sugar
1/4 C soy milk
2 T lemon zest
1 t vanilla extract
1 3/4 C flour
2 T cornmeal
1 T cornstarch
1/2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt

preheat oven to 350. line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. 


put 3 T of sugar on a small plate. 


in a large bowl, cream together shortening and sugar until fluffy. add soy milk, lemon zest and vanilla. mix well. 


add remaining ingredients to the bowl and mix until well combined. (this will not form a cohesive dough, it will be very crumbly. but that's ok)


using a tablespoon, scoop out balls of dough and roll between your hands until dough sticks together. 


mush dough balls onto plate of sugar, making thick flat discs with sugar only coating one side. 


place onto cookie sheets and bake for 12 minutes. allow to cool on cookie sheet for five minutes before moving to wire racks to cool completely. 

*makes two dozen(ish) cookies