Preheat oven to 350 f. This was my mother s recipe and we added the nutmeg and cinnamon as we like more a spice flavor. I altered the icing recipe to have orange essence lime juice and vanilla extract which gave it a lovely little bite. Add the eggs one at a time and continue to beat for 1 minute. Thank you for this awesome recipe.

Ingredients makes about 3 dozen cookies. It really tastes like the authentic quality of melting in your mouth heaven and a not too sweet experience. For cookies cream together sugar and shortening. Add flour baking powder and salt. Generally gf flours suck up moisture so when i halved the recipe i used which called for 3 eggs i used 2 instead of 1 and a 1 2 and they were fine delicious even.

I would make these as a lovely treat for someone anytime of the year. 5 6 reviews this recipe is a familiar one among italian families but always seem to vary slightly. Lemon zest inside them and lemon juice flavored confectioners icing give these cookies a fresh lemony taste which i love so much. 6 tablespoons unsalted butter softened. The anginetti recipe is a dream come true.

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While anginetti can be served with or without colorful sprinkles nonpareils the sprinkles are what make these cookies especially popular for italian weddings which is why i featured this recipe in my 7th coffeehouse mystery espresso shot first edition 2008 where a spectacular wedding takes place at the heart of a perplexing murder mystery. These taste very similar to the lemon drop cookies i buy from italian american bakeries in my community. Add eggs and lemon extract and beat well. 1 1 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract. I made a 1 2 batch of a very simple knot cookie recipe just the other day a bit different from this recipe using pamela s gf flour and i added a heaping tsp.

These italian lemon cookies are high on my dessert chart mainly because as already mentioned they are not too sweet. 3 4 cup white granulated sugar. None that i baked came out like hers until i tried this recipe. They are a wow. Enjoy this recipe from culinary mystery author cleo coyle alice alfonsi.

With a mixer combine the granulated sugar butter olive oil and lemon zest. My traditional italian grandmother made these cookies every year and they were bakery perfect. With a mixer combine the granulated sugar butter olive oil and lemon zest. These italian lemon cookies are high on my dessert chart mainly because as already mentioned they are not too sweet. While anginetti can be served with or without colorful sprinkles nonpareils the sprinkles are what make these cookies especially popular for italian weddings which is why i featured this recipe in my 7th coffeehouse mystery espresso shot first edition 2008 where a spectacular wedding takes place at the heart of a perplexing murder mystery.

My traditional italian grandmother made these cookies every year and they were bakery perfect. I would make these as a lovely treat for someone anytime of the year. Ingredients makes about 3 dozen cookies. Preheat oven to 350 f.