Spring Lime Tea Cookies Recipes

LIME TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• 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.

SPRING LIME TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine the 2 teaspoons of lime juice with the milk, let stand for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the lime zest and milk mixture. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda, blend into the creamed mixture. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges are light brown. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the glaze, stir together the remaining lime juice and sugar. Brush onto cooled cookies.