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Lemon Tea Cookies

• 1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon shredded lemon peel
• 1 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Lemon Glaze (see below)

Instructions:
Stir vinegar into milk. Cream butter and sugar till fluffy. Beat in egg and lemon peel. Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating after each addition. Drop from teaspoon, 2 inches apart, on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350F for 12 to 14 minutes. Remove at once from sheet; brush with Lemon Glaze (see below).
Makes about 48 cookies.
(Hint: These are cake-like cookies. They will feel 'spongy' to the touch when done. Don't over cook.)

Lemon Glaze

• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice

Mix sugar and lemon juice; brush on cookies.