Italian Lemon Drop Cookies

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Ingredients

Cookies

Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray

2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 tbsp. baking powder

1/4 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening

or 1/4 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening

1/2 cup milk

1 large egg, beaten

2 tsps. lemon extract

Frosting

2 cups powdered sugar

1/3 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening

or 1/3 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening

1/4 cup warm milk, divided

1 tsp. lemon extract

Directions

  1. HEAT oven to 375°F. Coat baking sheet lightly with no-stick cooking spray. Combine flour, sugar and baking powder in a large bowl. Add shortening. Beat with electric mixer on low speed until shortening is completely blended into flour mixture. Add milk, egg and lemon extract, mixing just until blended.
  2. ROLL dough into 1-inch balls. Place 1-inch apart on prepared baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely on baking sheet on wire rack.
  3. For frosting, BEAT powdered sugar, shortening, 2 tablespoons warm milk and lemon extract in medium bowl with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Beat in additional warm milk, a little at a time, until desired consistency. Spread on top of cookies.

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Amanda Smith

I used butter crisco and fresh lemon zest/juice. Came out amazing! Since it’s Christmas time, I colored the frosting with red and green food dye to be more festive.

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