4 OClocks - sugar

Method

• Cream together butter and sugar until very light.
• Add the beaten egg.
• Add the lemon rind.
• Sift together 1 cup of the flour, the baking soda, and salt, and stir into the mixture.
• Stir in the lemon juice.
• Now add the remaining 1/2 cup of flour a little at a time beating between additions.
• 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.
• You need to end up with a dough you can roll into balls with the palms of your hands.
• If it's too dry it will crumble instead.
• Put 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl.
• 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.
• Arrange balls on greased baking sheet three inches apart.
• You can leave the balls as is to bake and they will spread on their own.
• However to make traditional 4 O'Clocks, lightly press an oiled cookie stamp in a flower pattern into each ball.
• Bake at 375°F for 12 to 15 minutes.