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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Spanish and Portuguese >> Portuguese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. | 2. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and 1 C of the sugar, about 1 minute. | 3. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, blending well after each, until the batter is fluffy and pale yellow, about 2 to 3 minutes. | 4. Stir in grated lemon peel. | 5. In a medium bowl, wisk together flour and baking powder. | 6. Using a wooden spoon, fold the flour into the egg batter. | 7. Mix well. Gently knead the dough in the bowl for about 5 minutes. | 8. Place the remaining 1/2 C of sugar in a shallow dish. | 9. Shape pieces of dough into 1&1/2 inch balls. | 10. Roll in the sugar and place on parchment-lined or lightly greased cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. | 11. Flatten gently with tines of a fork to make horizontal lines. | 12. Bake for 20 minutes or until a light golden color. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1/2	cup	softened	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
sugar	1 1/2	cups	divided	479.7	90.012	15.015	7.4879999999999995
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
lemon	1		grated	1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
flour	4	cups		2313.12	506.4216	37.604	8.9744
baking powder	1	tablespoon		7.314	3.8226	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.