Lime Tea Cookies

Submitted by arctic fox

"These cookies are kind of dry alone, but duh they are for tea! The lime taste is not subtle. I found it on allrecipes.com from christina pierson, I don't know where she got it."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 24 cookies

ingredients

• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons lime zest
• 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons lime juice (for glaze)
• 1⁄4 cup white sugar (for glaze)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Combine 2 teaspoons lime juice with milk and let stand 5 minutes.
3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda.
4. In a large bowl, cream butter and 3/4 cup sugar, then beat in egg.
5. Stir in zest and milk mixture.
6. Add flour mixture.
7. Drop rounded spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
8. Bake 8-10 minutes until edges are light brown.
9. Let the cookies cool completely.
10. For the glaze: stir together the remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice and 1/4 cup sugar, brush onto the cooled cookies.

Reviews

[The_Baker]

Not bad. I made these to accompany an afternoon tea and they were a hit!