Name: Ginetti (Italian Puff Cookies)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 5 dozen
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 1 cup sugar; 6 eggs; 2 lemons, zest of; 4 1/2 cups flour; 8 teaspoons baking powder; 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon water (if too thick..add 1/2 tsp at a time until desired consistency)

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Recipe by katie in the UP

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Ginetti (Italian Puff Cookies) created by tomsawyer

This recipe came from my Grandmother. I've been making it for several years now. Usually at Christmas, I don't really know why...they would be good any time of year.

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ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup butter
1 cup sugar
6 eggs
2 lemons, zest of
4 ¹⁄₂ cups flour
8 teaspoons baking powder
1 ¹⁄₂ cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon water (if too thick..add 1/2 tsp at a time until desired consistency)

directions

Melt butter in a saucepan; set aside to cool to room temperature.
Beat the sugar and eggs together until they are very thick.
Stir in the lemon zest and melted butter.
Sift the flour and baking powder; add to the egg mixture.
Mix thoroughly.
Drop by tsp 1 1/2 inches apart onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake in a 400 degree oven for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile prepare glaze.
Glaze while cookies are warm.
Store in airtight container!

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"This recipe came from my Grandmother. I've been making it for several years now. Usually at Christmas, I don't really know why...they would be good any time of year."

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9/18/2008

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review by tomsawyer

7/21/2008

These were delicious cookies and definitely made five dozen. I really like the taste of the lemon in the cookies. I found that I need way more than 1 tsp of water for the glaze because 1 tsp just barely moistened and clumped it together. But eventually it became the type of glaze I wanted. I found that it really was necessary to grease my baking sheets because of how sticky the cookies were. I even greased my teaspoon! All in all, it was a very good cookie!

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review by Wabas

11/8/2006

These were suprisingly yummy and easy to make. I will definately make them again.

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photo by PanNan

9/11/2005

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review by LAURIE

9/11/2005

I only made 1/2 the recipe cause there are not alot of lemon lovers here, BUT they are gone so I will make a whole batch this week. I will also used the lemon juice in the glaze the next time. These are a great cookie and sure to be a Christmas hit here also! Thanx katie!!

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