Lime Tea Cookies

Name: Lime Tea Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 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)

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Recipe 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.

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READY IN: 25mins

YIELD: 24 cookies

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

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

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

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