Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2           cup  shortening
  1                cup  sugar
  1                     egg
                        Juice of 1 lemon
                        Rind of 1 lemon
  2               cups  sifted flour
     1/8      teaspoon  salt
  1           teaspoon  baking powder

Preparation:

Cream shortening and sugar thoroughly. Add egg, lemon juice and rind. Beat well. Add sifted sifted together dry ingredients. Mix well. Shape into 2 rolls 1 to 1 and 1/2" diameter and wrap in plastic. Chill at least 1 hour. Slice into 1/4" slices working fast as they tend to warm up and lose the round shape. Bake - 3501/4 about 10 minutes on lightly greased sheets. Bottoms will lightly brown, but tops won't brown. These cookie don't spread. Cool on racks and decorate with a lemon icing if desired. About 4 dozen. These can be made as a drop cookie without chilling. This way is best when using lemon chips in the dough instead of icing the

Nutritional Information:

2585 Calories (kcal); 109g Total Fat; (37% calories from fat); 29g Protein; 377g Carbohydrate; 187mg Cholesterol; 816mg Sodium