Butter Cookies with a Hint of Lime
From lor 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 36
I love this little citrus cookie gem.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter shopping list
- 2-1/4 cups flour shopping list
- 3/4 cup sugar shopping list
- 1-1/2 tsp. finely grated lime peel shopping list
- 2 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lime juice, strained to remove pulp and seeds shopping list
- 1 tsp. vanilla shopping list
- Note: You can use any citrus fruit you want in this recipe ie. oranges, grapefruits or lemons. shopping list
- For topping: shopping list
- 2 Tbsp. lime juice shopping list
- 1/4 cup sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Beat butter on medium-high for 30 seconds.
- Add the sugar, lime zest, lime juice, vanilla and half the flour, beating until thoroughly combined.
- Beat in remaining flour.
- Roll into one-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 20 to 22 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.
- Remove from baking sheet immediately and cool on wire racks.
- For topping, stir together lime juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved.
- When cookies are cool, brush mixture on tops of cookies.
- Let set for 10 minutes, then sift powdered sugar over tops.
- Makes 3 dozen.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
Easy great recipe.Thanks for sharing.
ahmed1
in Cairo loved it
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Wonderful cookies, these are awesome. You had me with the citrus flavor. Yummy.
notyourmomma
in South St. Petersburg loved it
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Sounds like the Key Lime Coolers one of the cookie company here makes, great post, bookmarking this one to try real soon. Thanks for the post.
henrie
in Savannah loved it
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