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       Title: PAT NIXON'S WHITE HOUSE COOKIES
  Categories: Cookies, Celebrity
       Yield: 10 Dozen
  
            -MARY WILSON  BWVB02B
       1 c  Sugar
       2 c  Butter; at room temperature
       1 ts Vanilla extract
     1/2 tb Lemon rind; grated
       2    Eggs
       6 c  - 7 cups cake flour
  
     Cream together sugar and butter in an electric mixer. When fluffy, add
   vanilla and lemon rind. Blend well. Add eggs, one at a time; mix well.
   Remove from mixer. Add cake flour; blend with a heavy mixing spoon. Chill
   dough in refrigerator 1 hour or overnight. Roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness
   and cut out with cookie cutters. Bake in preheated 375-degree oven until
   brown, about 7-8 minutes.
   
     Note:  If colored granulated sugar is used for decoration, prepare an egg
   wash (1 well-beaten egg with 1 tbsp. milk) and brush over the cut-out
   dough. Sprinkle with sugar and bake. Makes 10 dozen cookies.
  
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