Cat Tongue Cookies

Ingredients

1/4 lbs sweet butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon lemon rind (optional)
2 egg whites, unbeaten
3/4 cup flour
pinch salt

Directions

Cream butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar, vanilla, and lemon rind. Beat for 1 more minute.Add egg whites. Gradually stir in flour and salt. Put dough into a pastry bag or cookie press fitted with a 1/4 inch round opening. Press dough onto a greased cookie sheet in 2 1/2 lengths, well spaced. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 5 minutes, or until very lightly brown.