Instructions: Cream butter & sugars; beat in eggs one at a time until light & fluffy.

Beat in oil, vanilla & lemon peel. Combine dry ingredients & gradually add to sugar mixture, beating till well blended. Wrap in wax paper; chill several hours.

Preheat oven to 325. Grease 2 cookie sheets. Divide dough into thirds

(keep 1/3 out, refrigerate the rest till needed). Form heaping tsp. of dough into ball. Place on cookie sheet. Flatten to 2" diameter with bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Sprinkle with plain or colored sugar & bake 8 - 10 min. till lightly browned. Let stand on cookie sheet 2-3 min.

before removing.

A wonderful tea cookie - you can color the sugar for Christmas cookies.

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