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Cooking & Baking

MissMillie

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3. UPDATE: they were good, but

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Sun Aug 24, 2025, 06:06 AM

Sunday

I didn't get near the amount of lemon flavor I was hoping for.

I zested an entire lemon.

I guess the 1/2 lb. of butter in the recipe simply overtook the lemon.

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