Ingredients
36
36 servings
- •⅓ cup white sugar
- •2 tablespoons lime juice
- •1 tablespoon grated lime zest
- •1 egg
- •1 drop green food coloring, or as desired
- •⅓ cup butter, softened
- •¼ cup white sugar
- •1 egg
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- •¼ teaspoon salt
- •1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Place 1/3 cup of sugar, the lime juice, lime zest, and 1 egg in a saucepan over low heat, and whisk constantly until the mixture almost reaches a simmer and begins to thicken. Remove the mixture from the heat, and tint to your desired shade of green with food coloring. Set the filling aside to cool.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- In a bowl, cream the butter with 1/4 cup of sugar, then stir in 1 egg and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour and salt until the dough is smooth. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Arrange on an ungreased baking sheet, placing the balls about 2 inches apart. Use your thumb to make an indentation in the center of each dough ball. Spoon about 3/4 teaspoon of the lime filling into each.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are set but not browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to finish cooling on wire racks. When cookies are cool, sprinkle lightly with confectioners' sugar.
Nutritional Facts
Per 36 servings
- Calories: 52
- Carbohydrate: 8g
- Fat: 2g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Sugar: 4g
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