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Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 5 3/8 tablespoons margarine
- 1 lemon peel
- salt
- 1 3/8 cups flour
- 4 eggs
Method
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Pour water in a pan with butter, lemon peel, and a pinch of salt.
- When the water is boiling, add the flour all at once, and remove from the heat, beating well.
- Put mixture back on the heat to dry, stirring constantly, until it forms a ball that separates from the walls of the pan.
- Remove from heat, and let cool slightly.
- Then add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition.
- Continue beating until the dough gets a shiny look.
- Use a pastry bag to pipe the dough in small mounds on a baking tray, lined with a silicone mat, or parchment paper.
- Bake in a hot oven for about 10 minutes, then reduce heat to medium, and let the dough dry with the oven door half open.
- The dough is cooked when dropping a cookie makes a dry sound.