Name: Gina's Italian Butter Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 48
Ingredients: Cake flour - 2 ¼ cups; All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups; Baking powder - 1 ¼ teaspoons; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Unsalted butter, softened - 1 cup; White sugar - 1 cup; Vegetable shortening - ½ cup; Almond paste - 4 ounces; Eggs - 2 large; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons; Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon; Almond extract - ¼ teaspoon

Ingredients for - Gina's Italian Butter Cookies

1. Cake flour 2 ¼ cups

2. All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups

3. Baking powder 1 ¼ teaspoons

4. Salt 1 teaspoon

5. Unsalted butter, softened 1 cup

6. White sugar 1 cup

7. Vegetable shortening ½ cup

8. Almond paste 4 ounces

9. Eggs 2 large

10. Vanilla extract 2 teaspoons

11. Lemon juice 1 teaspoon

12. Almond extract ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Gina's Italian Butter Cookies

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Combine cake flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.

3 . Stage

Combine butter, sugar, and shortening in a large bowl; cream with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Mix in almond paste until thoroughly combined. Add eggs, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and almond extract. Reduce the mixing speed to low and slowly add flour mixture. Scrape down the bowl, then mix on medium speed until evenly combined, about 30 seconds.

4 . Stage

Fit a large pastry bag with a French star tip (#864) or an open star tip (4S); fill the pastry bag with batter. Pipe evenly sized cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet 1 1/2 to 2 inches apart, giving cookies space to puff slightly during baking.

5 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven, in batches if necessary, until bottom edges are slightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.