Lemon Tea Cookies

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

YIELD: about 4-1/2 dozen.

These sandwich cookies taste rich and buttery and have a lovely lemon filling. The recipe has been in our family since the 1950s, when my mother got it from a French friend in her club. — Phyllis Dietz, Westland, Michigan

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 large egg yolk, room temperature

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts

FILLING:

3 tablespoons butter, softened

4-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice

3/4 teaspoon grated orange zest

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