4 O'clocks

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups flour (divided)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon rind, grated
• 1/4 cup sugar (about 1/4 cup additional for dipping dough)

Recipe

• 1 cream together butter and sugar until very light.
• 2 add the beaten egg.
• 3 add the lemon rind.
• 4 sift together 1 cup of the flour, the baking soda, and salt, and stir into the mixture.
• 5 stir in the lemon juice.
• 6 now add the remaining 1/2 cup of flour a little at a time beating between additions.
• 7 note: if the dough looks like it will be to dry it is not necessary to add the entire 1/2 cup, thats why you are not adding it in all at once.
• 8 you need to end up with a dough you can roll into balls with the palms of your hands.
• 9 if it's too dry it will crumble instead.
• 10 put 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl.
• 11 dip fingers into the sugar, pinch off a ball of dough and roll it to the size of a walnut and then dip the ball in sugar.
• 12 arrange balls on greased baking sheet three inches apart.
• 13 you can leave the balls as is to bake and they will spread on their own.
• 14 however to make traditional 4 o'clocks, lightly press an oiled cookie stamp in a flower pattern into each ball.
• 15 bake at 375ºf for 12 to 15 minutes.