Sweetheart Lime Shortbread Cookies
"Ladies Home Journal June 07. This recipe goes with others that I have listed for a Bridal shower. You can also make chocolate ones as well."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
40
ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar, plus additional for dusting
- 2 tablespoons finely grated fresh lime zest
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus additional for dough
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
directions
- TO MAKE CHOCOLATE VERSION:.
- Omit the zest and juice and add 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder and 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips. Bake as directed and drizzle with melted chocolate when cookies are cooled.
- Cookie Directions:.
- Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl on medium until combined. Beat in zest and juice. Reduce speed to low and add flour and salt, beating until just combined. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour or up to 2 days.
- Preheat oven to 325 F and arrange 2 racks in center. Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment paper; set aside. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness. Using a 2 1/4 inch heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out shapes and place 1/2 inch apart on prepared cookie sheets. Chill 10 minutes in freezer or 20 minutes in fridge.
- Bake until cookies are set and just golden around the edges, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool slightly; using a metal spatula, carefully transfer cookies to racks and cool completely. Dust with sugar up to 5 hours before serving.
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This recipe was great. I used orange instead of lime, but that was the only change I made. Rich cookies that get tastier with time.
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I am 29 and a stay at home mom to 3 kids, 2 little girls with a sweet little boy sandwiched in between. I love to decorate cakes and make other sweets. I also love cooking healthy fresh whole food dishes, I have to balance out the sweets somehow. On Saturday evenings we entertain friends and try new recipes out and have a big meal together and enjoy the joy that comes around when good food and good company combine! I watch a little boy during the week and my husband works with his father in the family HVAC business. We love to tackle home projects and my husband usually gets the pay off with a really yummy meal. I write and do a little bit of artwork but most of it is translated into cakes now. We love to spend time outside and manage to have a small garden in the backyard that we can eat out of during the summer. I think it would be awesome to have some chickens for eggs and as pets but the neighborhood doesn't allow it so we will have to wait till we move back into the woods again.
