Lime Crescents
photo by Lori Mama
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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48 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons grated lime rind
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 3⁄4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
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Lime Drizzle
- 2⁄3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- green decorator sugar
directions
- Beat butter, egg yolk, lime rind and juice in large bowl until smooth.
- On low, beat in confectioners' sugar, flour and salt until blended.
- Refrigerate dough 1 hour or until firm.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Form 1 rounded teaspoon dough into 2-1/2 inch log; bend into crescent.
- Place on ungreased baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- Bake in 350 degree oven 10 minutes or until edges are just golden and tops are slightly cracked.
- Let cool on baking sheet 5 minutes.
- Remove cookies to wire rack and let cool completely.
- Drizzle: Stir together confectioners' sugar and lime juice in a small bowl until smooth.
- Place wire rack with cookies over waxed paper.
- Decorate cookies with drizzle and sprinkle with decorator sugar.
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Reviews
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Although these cookies turned out well in the end, I had a lot of trouble with the dough. I knew when I blended in the dry ingredients that the dough was too dry to form any shape, & it was still the case after an hour's refrigeration. I wound up adding about 1 Tbsp melted butter and a dribble of milk to get the dough pliable enough to work, and I guess this added to the baking time as it took them 16 minutes to bake. The flavor is good - I think I'd like a bit more lime flavor - and I think I would add a green food coloring to the drizzle -- for which I only used 1/3 cup of conf sugar with the lime juice. I think 2/3 would've been an odd consistency.
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