Only Egg Yolk Cookies
By: The Duo Dishes
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 11:25pm

Ingredients




5 cups all purpose flour
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup shortening, butter flavored
12 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
Zest of 2 lemons

Zest of 2 oranges

Icing

1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon orange extract
1 egg white

Preparation

1 Cream butter, shortening and sugars in an electric mixer. 2 Add eggs a few at a time, then vanilla.  Mix well. 3 As ingredients mix, sift together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and zests.  Pour gradually into mixer. 4 Add coconut and incorporate well. 5 Dig out 1 1/2 tablespoon hunks of dough and roll into balls.  Place onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet 1 inch apart and flatten slightly. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until edges brown slightly. 6 As cookies cool, whisk egg white in an electric mixer until frothy. 7 Add powdered sugar gradually and continue to mix well. Pour in extracts and combine until thick, glossy and smooth. 8 Allow cookies to cool completely before spreading icing on each one. Let cookies sit until icing has hardened or pop in the fridge overnight to set.