Little Lemon Drops

6 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups butter, room temperature (do not substitute!!!)
  • 1 cup caster sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon lemon essence or 1 teaspoon extract
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 4 cups sifted flour

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 180degrees celsius.
  2. 2
    In a large bowl, mix butter until creamy. Gradually add sugar; cream until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well; stir in lemon zest and lemon extract. Gradually add flour to mixture, beating well after each addition.
  3. 3
    Pack the dough into a cookie press fitted with desired template or a piping bag.
  4. 4
    Begin cranking and twisting (if you use a cookie presspress) the cookie dough through cookie press, forming desired shapes, or pipe with piping bag onto chilled ungreased cookie sheets about 1-inch apart. (I made mine tiny).
  5. 5
    Bake for around 8-9 mins, depending on the size, and let cool on baking sheet for 10-15 minutes Remove and cool completely on a wire rack.

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