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Biscoitos de Nata

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This recipe makes a ton of buttery, slightly lemony, not to sweet cookies. My mother is a "pro" at making these without a recipe, seriously.no.recipe ! She just " uses the portuguese force " and every time it results in perfect cookies. Oddly enough, most of her baking is like that.. no recipe , just mixing things together. It's just something I can't do, bake without a recipe, I obviously didn't inherit " the force " from my mother! So after some searching and trial and error, I  now have a recipe for these little beauties. They are delicious, you can dip them in milk or tea, and trust me, your cookie jar will be empty before you know it! 1 kilo flour (reserve 300g) 3 tablespoons cornstarch 6 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 250 grams butter pinch of salt 200 ml whipping cream 3 eggs grated peel of 1 lemon topping: sugar+milk In my stand mixer I whip everything up, till all combined ( using just 700 g...