🌲 ✨ Day 1 of 25: Italian Lemon “S” Cookies
Get ready to kick off your holiday baking with these classic Italian lemon cookies shaped like festive S-swirls!
🎁Ingredients
4 cups flour (plus extra for dusting) ❄️
4 eggs 🥚
1 cup sugar ✨
3/4 cup olive oil 🍃
1/4 cup milk 🥛
2 tbsp baking powder ❄️
Pinch of salt 🧂
Zest of 1 lemon 🍋
A Instructions
Mix the dough:
In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients and mix until a soft dough forms. Turn it onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and silky 🎁 . Cover and let rest for 30 minutes.
Shape the cookies:
Roll the dough into long rope-like strands 🧵 , cut them into 7-inch pieces, and twist each one into a festive S-shape. This recipe makes roughly 40 cookies 🧑🎄 🍪
Finish with sparkle:
Place the S’s on a parchment-lined baking sheet, gently press them down, brush with egg wash, and sprinkle with sugar for a snowy shimmer ❄️ ✨
Bake:
Bake at 375°F for 13-15 minutes, or until the tops turn a light golden color and the bottoms are perfectly browned 🌲 🔥
Enjoy:
Cool on a rack, pour yourself a cozy espresso ☕️ 🎁
, and
savor the first treat of your Christmas countdown.
Buon appetito! 🇮🇹 ✨
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