Italian Lemon Drop Cookies
By á-2825
Ingredients
- COOKIE
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- FROSTING
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
Details
Servings 25
Adapted from keyingredient.com
Preparation
Step 1
1 Preheat oven to 350°F.
2 For cookies, cream together sugar and shortening.
3 Add eggs and lemon extract and beat well.
4 Add flour, baking powder and salt; Mix well.
5 The dough should be soft and sticky.
6 With a small cookie scoop, drop dough onto a slightly greased cookie sheet or baking stone, spacing them about 2-inches apart.
7 Bake for about 12-15 minutes, or until firm and lightly brown.
8 Remove cookies from cookie sheet and allow to cool completely on wire racks.
9 For frosting, combine confectioners' sugar, water and lemon extract and mix until smooth.
10 Frost the tops of each cookie with a metal spatula.
cookies to dry before stacking.
12 Store in an airtight container.
13 ~NOTE~If you want to freeze the cookies, freeze unfrosted and frost once thawed
* NOTE: I doubled this recipe
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