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BaltimOregon Sugar Cookies

Si lber ’s Baker y in Baltimore set a high bar for sugar cookies.
Famous for their Berger cook ies—a cake-like disk thickly iced with
fudge frosting—the baker y (now closed) also made cr isp, butter y
sugar cook ies sce nted with lemon ze st and vanilla. Th e memor y of

those cook ies, and the way the baker y smelled, led me on a long
journey to cr eate this reci pe. Wh o knows if these cookies actually
resemble those per fect sugar cookies of my youth , but they taste
exactly like I think a sugar co okie should.

MAKES ABOUT 3 DOZEN COOKIES

2¼ cups all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon fine sea salt

¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1½ cups suga r, plus more for sprinkling

1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon finely chopped lemon zest

White rice flour, for rolling

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the all-purpose our and salt.
Set aside.

2. In the bowl of a st and mixer tted with the paddle

att achment, or using a handheld electric mixer, beat the butter
and sugar on medium speed until light and uff y, about 3