Roman Cookies

A community recipe by fusaia

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Introduction

This is an old, very easy, quick, Italian recipe from Lazio (the region of Rome). Try it!!

Ingredients

Serves: 25-30

Metric Cups

200 grams flour
100 grams sugar
4 tablespoons olive oil
3 eggs (or 4 tablespoons of red or white wine)
1 tablespoon lemon peel (grated)
15 grams baking powder

7 ounces flour
3½ ounces sugar
4 tablespoons olive oil
3 eggs (or 4 tablespoons of red or white wine)
1 tablespoon lemon peel (grated)
½ ounce baking powder

Method

Roman Cookies is a community recipe submitted by fusaia and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Preheat oven to 200Â°C.

Mix the flour, baking powder and sugar. Add olive oil, lemon peel and eggs (or wine) and mix energetically with a fork for two minutes. The mixture must be homogeneous and a bit liquid.

Take 3/4 of a tablespoon and place the mixture in a baking pan (help yourself with another tablespoon). Pay attention to leave enough space between cookies for let them rise during baking.

Put in the oven from 10 to 20 minutes (it depends from oven and from the cookies size) or when the cookies' border will be a bit golden.

Cookies will be crunchy and a bit hard externally and soft inside. Enjoy the lemon-cookies scent in your house!

Preheat oven to 200Â°C.

Mix the flour, baking powder and sugar. Add olive oil, lemon peel and eggs (or wine) and mix energetically with a fork for two minutes. The mixture must be homogeneous and a bit liquid.

Take 3/4 of a tablespoon and place the mixture in a baking pan (help yourself with another tablespoon). Pay attention to leave enough space between cookies for let them rise during baking.

Put in the oven from 10 to 20 minutes (it depends from oven and from the cookies size) or when the cookies' border will be a bit golden.

Cookies will be crunchy and a bit hard externally and soft inside. Enjoy the lemon-cookies scent in your house!

Additional Information

This recipe originally was made with no eggs and with red or white wine, but not everybody (especially the not-italian people) likes the peculiar flavor. These cookies will be perfect for breakfast with a glass of milk or for a snack. Try cookies also with jam or fruits or cream!