Little Lemon Drops

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 60
• 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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180degrees celsius.
• 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 pack the dough into a cookie press fitted with desired template or a piping bag.
• 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 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.