Italian Recipe: S-Shaped Butter Cookies

2 sticks butter and 2 tsp.
1 C sugar
7 egg yolks
1 t lemon peel
4 C flour
1 egg white - dec. sugar

Cream 1/2 lb. butter and sugar with mixer.
Add egg yolks one at a time and lemon peel.
Add flour half a cup at a time.
Pat dough into roll 2" in diameter.
Wrap in wax paper and refrigerate 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400F.
Coat baking sheets with 2 t butter.
Slice dough into rounds 1/3" thick.
Roll int oa rope 1/2 thick and 5 inches long.
Press rope flat to make strip 3/4" wide and 1/4: thick.
Form into S shape.
Refigerate 10 minutes.
Brush on beated egg white and confectioners sugar to each cookie.
Bake in middle of oven 10 minutes.