Iced Key Lime Cookies
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INGREDIENTS
  • Servings: 50
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Key lime juice
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Key Lime Icing:
  • 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Key lime juice
DIRECTIONS
  1. Butter Cookies: Cream together the butter and sugar until light and
  2. fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping the bowl down as needed. Add the
  3. egg yolk, then the vanilla extract and 1 1/2 teaspoons Key lime
  4. juice. Lastly, blend in the flour.
  5. Transfer the dough to a large piece of plastic wrap and form into a
  6. cylinder that is 2 1/4 inches in diameter. Refrigerate for 2 hours or
  7. overnight.
  8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 2 large baking sheets and
  9. set aside.
  10. Cut the cookies into 1/4-inch slices. Place the slices on the baking
  11. sheets and bake at 350 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes. Place the
  12. baking sheets onto a cooling rack and cool for 5 minutes. Transfer
  13. the cookies to the cooling rack.
  14. For the key lime icing: Combine the confectioners' sugar and 1 1/2
  15. tablespoons Key lime juice in a small bowl. Brush the tops of the
  16. cookies with the icing as soon as the cookies are transferred off the
  17. baking sheets.