LOVE ME KNOT COOKIES

“Love Me Knot” Cookies 

3 cups sifted all-purpose flour

2 -1/4 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoons salt

……3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup shortening

2 eggs

2-1/2 Tablespoons milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla 

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside. Cream sugar with shortening. Beat together eggs, vanilla and milk and mix well. Slowly add egg mixture to shortening and sugar mixture. Mix in sifted ingredients and mix well. After mixing, dump dough out on board and knead dough until smooth. Roll out 1/4 inch thick; cut into circles with a biscuit cutter. Cut into 6 equal triangles and shape each section into petals. Leaving 1/8 inch between each petal and place on an Un-greased cookie sheet. Cut leftover dough with a tiny lid from the lemon extract or vanilla bottle. Place one circle in the middle of each flour. Bake 325 for 15-17 minutes. 

“Love Me Knot Icing” 

2 cups sifted confectioner sugar

2 teaspoons lemon extract

3 Tablespoons milk 

Combine all ingrediants. Dip each cookie and place on rack to dry. With extra icing, color it yellow. Use your finger to dip into icing and then dot the center of each cookie to make the it yellow. Alllow to dry before storing away. 

**I’ve been making these cookies for over 35 years, I’m not sure where I got the recipe. They are a little time consuming but so worth the time. Great cookies for dipping. You can also color the center of the cookies different colors (which look pretty), but I prefer the yellow center.