Snow Flurries - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. powdered sugar
1 lemon peel
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract
3 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 c. jam
1 c. white sugar

Preparation

Cream together sugar, lemon peel, butter and shortening.
Beat in eggs, vanilla and almond extract.
Combine flour, salt and baking powder.
Stir into sugar mixture.
Chill dough 1 hour. Roll dough and cut into snow flurries with 3 inch star cookie cutter.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 10 minutes.
Sandwich 2 stars together with 1/8 teaspoon jam with points off angle.
Sift powdered sugar over cookies.