Jolly Lime Thumbprints
- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
2 dozen
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄4 cups flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
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FILLING
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 -2 drop green food coloring
directions
- cream butter, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla.together for 2 minutes with mixer on medium speed.
- reduce speed to low.add flour and salt -- blending well.
- shape dough into 1" balls.
- arrange 1" apart on ungreased cookit sheet.
- make an indentation incenter of each ball, using your thumb or back of spoon.
- spoon 1/2 tsp of filling into each center.
- bake at 325 for 12-15 minutes.let stand on sheet for 1 minute.then remove to rack to cool completely.
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to prepare FILLING:
- combine first 4 ingredients in small saucepan.
- heat over medium heat till mixture comes to a bil and begins to thicken --
- stirring constantly -- remove from heat and stir in food coloring.set aside to cool to room temperature.
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