Lemon Drop Iii Food

LEMON DROP III

Steps:

• Pour 1/4 to 1/2 inch of sugar onto a small, shallow plate. Moisten the rim of a margarita glass with a wedge of lemon, dip the moistened glass into the sugar; set aside.
• Pour the lemon juice, 2 teaspoons of sugar, vodka, and triple sec into a cocktail shaker over ice. Cover, and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into the prepared margarita glass, and serve.

THE BEST LEMON DROP MARTINI YOU'LL EVER HAVE...

Steps:

• Rub the edge of a martini glass with half a lemon.
• Then dip the rim of the glass in baker's sugar in a plate to rim the glass.
• Shake all ingredients together with ice in a martini shaker approximately 50 times.
• Pour into sugar rimmed glass and enjoy!

LEMON DROP

Steps:

• In a mixing glass, combine lemon juice, vodka and sugar. Stir until dissolved, then pour into glasses filled with ice. Garnish with a lemon slice and sprig of mint.

LEMON COOKIES III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Blend the white sugar and shortening until light.
• Beat in the eggs, milk, vanilla and 1 teaspoon lemon extract.
• Mix until well blended.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add the flour mixture to the shortening mixture.
• Mix until combined (the dough will be sticky).
• Drop spoonfuls of dough onto parchment paper lined baking sheets.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Let cookies cool on cooling rack.
• To make icing: combine the confectioner's sugar, water and lemon extract to taste.
• Beat until smooth and make icing thick enough to spread on cooled cookies (add more sugar if needed).

LEMON DROP

Steps:

• Put 1 martini glass in the fridge to chill. Mix the white caster sugar with the finely grated zest of the lemon, and set aside.
• Pour the vodka into a cocktail shaker and add the triple sec, lemon juice and a handful of ice. Shake really well until the outside of the shaker feels cold.
• Dip the rim of the chilled glass in water, shake off the excess then dip into the sugar and lemon zest mix.
• Strain the contents of the shaker into your prepared glass and enjoy.

LEMON DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, beat together the butter and 1 cup powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed. Stir in flour, cornstarch, lemon zest, and vanilla and mix well.
• Form the dough into 3/4-inch balls and place them on the prepared cookie sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart. Flatten them a little with your palm.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 9 to 11 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned. Allow the cookies to rest for 2 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• For the icing, whisk together 1 cup powdered sugar, lemon juice, and zest in a separate bowl. If the mixture is too thick, add more lemon juice. If it's too thin, add powdered sugar to thicken.
• Once cookies have cooled, dip the tops in icing and place back on the parchment paper. Give the icing 15 to 30 minutes to set. The cookies will need to set for at least 24 hours.
• The icing to fully dry. But if you're not too worried about the icing being a little wet, feel free to enjoy right away!

LEMON SNOWDROP COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar, egg, lemon zest, juice and butter for filliing. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes, or until mixture begins to thicken. Set aside to cool.
• In a mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, lemon zest and juice for cookies, beating at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add flour and salt, beating until combinrd.
• Using a 1 teaspoons measure, roll dough into balls.
• Place on parchment lined baking sheets and flatten slightly.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes. Cool.
• Spread half of cookies with filling. Top with remaining cookies.
• Roll in powdered sugar.

LEMON DROP COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine the vodka, lemon juice, and sugar and pour into a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour into martini glasses and garnish with lemon slices.