Mom's Day (part I)

I decided to bake my mom's favorite cookies for a special Mother's Day treat. First, though, a few matters of preparation.

You can't be expected to bake on an empty stomach, unless of course you don't mind licking clean the beaters, spoons, bowls, countertops, etc. With that in mind, my pre-baking lunch: 

Full tummy in tact, I was nearly set to commence with the cookie creating process. One last important preparatory step remained, however...

Set.

The cookies in question are an Italian cookie, with a name I can neither pronounce, nor care to spell out correctly. We'll call them lemon drops.

The ingredients include: flour, sugar, orange and lemon zest, juice of an orange, lemon extract, and vegetable shortening. I would've loved to take some pictures of the actual dough-making, but alas (as should be readily apparent), picture-taking/quality are highly questionable at this point. I'll get a real camera soon. I promise.

After a short stint in the oven, an agonizing cooling period (agonizing because I was subjected to watching the Pistons launch a huge comeback against the Magic), and an affectionate glazing process, I arrived at:

Mom's favorite cookies!

P.S. Why part I you ask? We're cooking lunch/dinner for my grandma today... stories and pictures to come!!!