Lime Zingers
"Simple, fresh and delicious! Disappear quickly."
photo by DogAndCatDoc
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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72
ingredients
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COOKIE
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons finely shredded lime peel
- 1⁄4 cup lime juice (about 2 limes)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour
- 3⁄4 cup finely chopped brazil nuts or 3/4 cup hazelnuts
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CITRUS CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- In large mixing bowl beat butter on high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add sugar and beat until combined.
- Beat in lime peel, lime juice and vanilla until combined.
- Mix in flour until combined.
- Add nuts and stir just until combined.
- Divide dough in half.
- On lightly floured surface, roll each half of dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
- Using 1-2 inch cookie cutters, cut out dough (shape of your choice).
- Place cutouts on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until light brown around the edges.
- Transfer to wire rack and cool completely.
- While cooling, beat all frosting ingredients together with mixer, until smooth. May tint with green food coloring if desired. Adjust consistency with powedered sugar until spreadable.
- Frost cooled cookies.
- Store frosted cookies in refrigerator.
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Reviews
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This has just become my FAVORITE cookie. I did not use the cream cheese frosting just the cookie recipe. What a great tart cookie. The only thing I did different is, I refrigerated the dough for about an hour before rolling it out. What a beautiful beatuiful dough. No problems what so ever. I got exactly 24 cookies out of this recipe. For those of you who love really tart recipes may I suggest just mixing some powder sugar and fresh lime juice. It was an excelent icing on these.
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Although many of my recipes posted are of desserts I like to make for family or friends, I have for the last several years ascribed to a healthier lifestyle...eating lots of protein, veggies and fruits. No, I am not a low carber....I eat the right carbs....brown rice, whole wheat bread and all in moderation. I do have several recipes posted that I use often that adhere to these guidelines. When you combine eating nutrient dense foods with monitoring your caloric intake, you can't help but be healthy! There is an awesome free website that you can use along with Zaar to help meet these goals. It is www.calorie-count.com. It takes a day or two to learn how to use it...but it is a fantastic resource for anyone wanting to analyze what they eat and figure out what your caloric expenditures and allowances should be. Like Zaar it also had a wonderful community of people with a common interest...staying healthy while enjoying foods. OK...enough of the plug...but I really do love that website!
Zaar has been great for finding recipes that fit this lifestyle...many recipes can simply be modified to be healthy. The variety this gives us has made the difference in getting the whole family to eat that way....that's right...I don't think my daughter has tasted white bread more than two to three times in her life!!! On all four of her birthdays she turned up her nose at the cake I baked her (a once a year exception)....which made me so happy!!
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