Lemon Drop Cookies

Name: Lemon Drop Cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup vegetable shortening; 3 large eggs; 1 1/2 tsp lemon extract; 2 cup flour; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 3 cup powdered sugar; 1/4 cup water; 1 tsp lemon extract

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Norfolk, Virginia

Lemon Drop Cookies

fidgityfeline @cook_3314107

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Ingredients

Cookies
1/2 cupsugar
1/4 cupvegetable shortening
3 largeeggs
1 1/2 tsplemon extract
2 cupflour
1 1/2 tspbaking powder
1/4 tspsalt
Icing
3 cuppowdered sugar
1/4 cupwater
1 tsplemon extract

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Steps

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Preheat over to 350º.
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Lightly grease a cookie sheet and set aside.
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For COOKIES: Cream together sugar amd shortening.
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Add eggs and lemon extract and beat well.
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Add flour, baking powder and salt; mix well. The dough should be soft and sticky.
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With a small cookie schoop, drop dough onto the prepared cookie sheet, spacing them about 2" apart.
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Bake for 12-15 min.s, or until firm and lightly brown.
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Remove cookies from cookie sheet and allow to cool completly.
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For ICING: Combine powdered sugar, water, and lemon extract and mix until smooth.
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Sprwad icing onto thw tops ofbthe cookies with a metal spatula.
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Allow cookies to dry before stacking.
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Store in an airtight container.
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~NOTE~ If you want to freeze the cookies, freeze uniced and add icing once thawed.