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Ingredients
- wet:
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- zest of two lemons:
- dry:
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 2 T granulated sugar
Method
- In a mixer, cream shortening and brown sugar. Add remainder of wet ingredients, using 1T+ of zest and reserving the rest. Mix together dry ingredients then add to mixer. Beat the heck out of it until it forms a dough ball that holds together. If all you have is a hand mixer and a huge Bosch bread mixer, you're going to have to knead it by hand.
- Add the extra zest to the granulated sugar and rub together. Spread it out and let it dry a bit.
- Roll the dough into 1" balls, then roll in the sugar+zest mix, placing on a parchment covered cookie tray.
- Bake for 12 minutes @ 350 degrees. Let stand for 2 minutes before removing from tray to cooling rack.
- For high altitude I added an extra couple tablespoons of flour and made the teasspoon of baking soda heaping.
