Economy of Money

The economy of money is ruined. The bankruptcy of the United States is at hand. New Age morality will never be able to act as a substitute for the Stone Age level of financiality we have reached.

In times like these, we must turn to a tried and true recipe for improvement. It has been a while since I posted a recipe, and the emails from the readership have been crying out for one. The lemon angel.

You'll need:

1	Egg
½ cup	Buttermilk (or 1/4 c. milk a nd 1/4 cup vinegar
5 teaspoon	Baking soda
½ teaspoon	Vanilla
1 cup	Lemon juice (fresh is best)
1¼ cup	Sugar
⅞ cup	All purpose flour
8 tablespoon	Butter or margarine, melted

PREHEAT OVEN TO 375 DEGREES

1. In a small bowl or 2 cup measuring cup, beat the egg until foamy.

2. Add the buttermilk and vanilla and blend well.

3. Add the baking soda, one teaspoonful at a time, sprinkling it in and beating until the mixture is smooth and the consistency of light cream.

4. Add the lemon juice all at once and blend into the mixture. Stir, but do not beat (you want it creamy, but without a lot of air)

5. The mixture will congeal into a pasty lump. Scoop it out of the bowl with a spatula and spread it on a floured surface.

6. Sift the flour and 3/4 cup of the sugar together and use the fingertips to work it into the egg- lemon mixture.

7. With a floured rolling pin, roll the dough out 1/32' thick and with the tip of a sharp knife, cut out 'angel' shapes and twist the edges up to form a shell-like curve about 3/8" high. Sprinkle on the remainder of the sugar.

8. Brush each 'angel' with melted butter. 9. Place the angels one inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

These tasty lemon angels will make you the talk of any potluck party. You too can crawl out from under the rock of the national debt and the tanking economy and the heavy weight of the skeletons in your closet. Remember, a man holding a basket of eggs does not dance on stones.