ITALIAN LEMON WEDDING COOKIES RECIPES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients ( including flavorings you pick out or food coloring) in a bowl adding any additional ingredients to the dough at the end folded in.
• Note: you can do this by hand or with a mixer.
• The recipe can be doubled.
• Drop on cookies sheets by teaspoons. Bake at 350 till brown around 8 to 12 minutes. The tops will look dry and the bottoms will be brown. Cool.
• Frosting Instructions:
• Mix powdered sugar and add water a little at a time to reach desired consistency. If this is too thick to spread, add more water.
• If the frosting is too thin add more powdered sugar, beat till smooth.
• Frost each cookie and immediately add the colored sprinkles, let dry.

Steps:

• Line your baking sheets with parchment paper
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• In a deep large bowl beat the powdered sugar and softened butter for at least 1 minute together.
• Add in the extract of choice, the egg and salt.
• Mix with the beater another minute of so until well combined.
• Slowing add in the flour using a lower speed just until evenly blended.
• Remember to check the batteries on the press and make sure they are new.
• Assemble the stencil into the cookie press, plunger all the way up.
• Fill around 1 cup of this dough in the cookie press and screw the plunger down to press the dough (check the bottom that it's not coming out yet)
• Place it straight up stencil down on the parchment paper and press the button to release the cookie onto the baking sheet then lift it up quickly so it adheres to the paper.
• Place each one around 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven of 375 degrees just until the edges are browning for around 7 minutes.
• Cool and transfer to a rack or on wax paper.
• Note: make sure you only use COLD BAKING SHEETS for the next batch and clean parchment paper