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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F Spray baking pans with a non-stick spray or line with parchment paper. | 2. Combine flour, sugar and baking powder in a large mixing bowl. | 3. Beat in shortening with mixer on low speed until completely blended into flour. Add the milk, egg and lemon juice, mixing just until blended. | 4. Roll or use a small cookie scoop to get 1-inch cookie dough balls and place 1 inch apart on baking sheet. | 5. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and let set for at least 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack. Cool completely. | 6. When cookies are completely cool, make the frosting by beating the powdered sugar, butter, 2 tbls of the warmed milk, lemon juice and peel (if using) in a bowl with mixer on low speed until blended. Gradually add in extra warm milk until you get the consistency of the frosting you want. | 7. Spread on top of cookies and let set completely before storing. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	2	cups		-	-	-	-
sugar	1/3	cup		268.66	67.1987	0.0	0.0
baking powder	1	tablespoon		7.314	3.8226	0.0	0.0
shortening	1/4	cup		453.05	0.0	0.0	51.25
milk	1/2	cup	used	276.0	6.648	2.748	28.608
egg	1		beaten	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
lemon juice	4	teaspoons		4.4733	1.403	0.0712	0.0488
sugar	2	cups	powdered	933.6	239.44799999999998	0.0	0.0
butter	1/3	cup	softened	456.0	20.951999999999998	14.248	38.4
milk	1/4	cup	divided	276.0	6.648	2.748	28.608
lemon juice	2	teaspoons		4.4733	1.403	0.0712	0.0488
lemon peel	1	teaspoon	grated	0.94	0.32	0.03	0.006

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