Anginetti Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 2 in a mixing bowl beat sugar, vanilla, lemon peel and 6 tablespoons
• 3 of butter with an electric mixer until well blended. add eggs one
• 4 at a time, beating well after each addition. continue to beat for
• 5 1 minute.
• 6 stir in flour and baking powder (will be a soft, sticky dough).
• 7 spoon dough into a pastry bag fitted with a 3/8-inch round tip.
• 8 pipe 2-inch diameter rings onto the parchment paper.
• 9 wet your fingertips and press ends of each ring together to form
• 10 a smooth ring. bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• 11 to make icing: melt 1 tablespoon of butter over low heat. add
• 12 sugar, water, lemon juice and vanilla and whisk until sugar melts
• 13 and mixture is heated through. if icing is too thick to brush easily,
• 14 add more water to thin. remove cookies from oven and immediately
• 15 brush warm icing over hot cookies. cool iced cookies on sheet for
• 16 2 minutes. transfer to a rack and cool completely.