Butter Thin Cookies

(Original recipe makes almost 30 cookies)

Ingredients:

¾ cup butter or margarine
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp vanilla
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
2 eggs
1 cup flour

Directions:

In a medium mixing bowl, mix sugar and butter. Beat it for 2-3 minutes. When it becomes very creamy, add eggs to the mixture. Beat it for 2 more minutes. Add vanilla and lemon juice in the same time. In the end, add flour gradually to the mixture and mix very well.
Grease a big cookie sheet, Drop by half tablespoonful on cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit about 10 minutes, or until brown around the edges

Apple Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, or margarine
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 cup raisins
2 apples, cut to thin slices

Topping

½ tsp. cinnamon

1 tbsp. sugar

Honey Glaze:

2 1/2 tbsp. butter
1/3 cup honey

Directions:

Lightly, grease a medium 11 by 8-inch glass baking dish.
In a medium mixing bowl, mix together butter, sugar, and egg. Beat for 2-3 minutes or until it becomes very creamy and soft. Then, add the milk and the flour. Start beating the mixture again until all the ingredients are mixed together very well. In the end, add the raisins. Spread batter into your prepared baking dish. Put apple slices on top.

In a small bowl, combine 1/2 tsp cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle the mixture on top of the cake.
Bake it at 375 degrees F for 40 minutes.
When it is baked, take it out from oven. Leave it for 10 minutes for it to cool down.
Cut the cake into medium squares. Pour the honey glaze over coffee cake pieces.

Honey Glaze:

Place a small pot over low heat. Add butter to the pot. When it is almost melted, add 1/3 cup honey.

My Notes:

• This is a moist, delicious, and tasty coffee cake that can be baked in a short period of time.
• If you don’t have honey available, feel free to use other types of syrup.