Palm Beach Lemon Cookies

Name: Palm Beach Lemon Cookies
Yield: Makes about 100 small thin cookies
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon baking powder; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 4 tablespoons strained lemon juice; 3 large eggs, separated; Finely grated zest of 1 large lemon; 1 cup sugar, plus more for sprinkling the cookies before baking; ¼ teaspoon salt; 10 tablespoons (1¼ sticks) unsalted butter, softened; ½ teaspoon baking soda

Preparation info

Makes about
100
small thin cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

About

This zingy cookie comes from my old friend, veteran cooking teacher and renowned hostess Myrtle Singer, of Palm Beach, Florida.

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon

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Method

In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; stir well to mix.
In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed until well mixed, about a minute, then beat in the lemon zest.
Beat in the egg yolks, one at a time, beating until smooth after each additio