Aginetti (Italian Lemon Drop Cookies)
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Aginetti (Italian Lemon Drop Cookies)
Aginetti are Italian lemon cookies made by mixing vegetable oil, milk, egg, and both vanilla and lemon extracts into a mixture of flour, baking powder, and salt. To form the dough, put the dry ingredients into a bowl, make a well in the center, and add sugar and the liquids - something like making pasta. Roll the dough into small balls, then bake them until the bottoms brown. When they cool, turn each cookie upside down and coat them in a lemon-scented confectioners' sugar frosting. The cookies are great morning biscuits, midday snacks, or dessert, and best accompanied by cappuccini.

COOKIES

2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
 Pinch of kosher salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup whole milk
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract

Set the oven at 350 degrees. Have on hand a baking sheet.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir well. Make a well in the center.

Add the sugar, oil, milk, egg, and vanilla and lemon extracts. Beat the liquids with a fork until well combined. Slowly work the flour into the wet batter.

When the mixture forms a dough, roll pieces of it into 1 1/4-inch balls, slightly smaller than a golf ball. Lay them on the baking sheet. Bake them, rotating the sheet halfway through baking, for 18 minutes or until the bottoms brown and the tops turn a light golden. Cool completely.

Frost with lemon frosting - recipe to right.

Makes about 24 cookies

FROSTING

2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted, or more to taste
3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon milk
2 teaspoons lemon extract

In a medium bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, milk, and lemon extract.

Holding a cookie by the bottom, dip the top into the sugar mixture. The frosting should lightly coat the cookie. If necessary, add more confectioners' sugar to thicken the mixture, a touch of milk to thin it.
Continue with the remaining cookies. Set them on a wire rack until the frosting hardens.