Lime Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 210 g. all purpose flour

  (1¾ cups)
• ¼ tsp. baking powder
• ¼ tsp. baking soda
• ⅛ tsp. salt
• 66 g. white sugar

  (⅓ cup)
• 45 g. confectioners sugar

  (¼ cup plus 2 tbsp.)
• 3 tsps. lime zest

  (2-3 limes; save the rest of the zest for the coating)
• 113 g. unsalted butter or vegan butter, softened

  (½ cup)
• 1 egg
• 3 teaspoons lime juice
• 100 g. sugar

  (½ cup)
• 1 tsp. lime zest
• 60 g. confectioners sugar

  (½ cup)

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350°F.
• 2 In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  Set aside.
• 3 In a mixing bowl, combine granulated sugar with lime lest, pressing zest into
  sugar with your fingers. Mix in confectioners sugar. Add butter and cream until
  fully incorporated.
• 4 Beat in egg and lime juice.
• 5 Mix in the flour mixture just until fully incorporated.
• 6 Shape into balls, approximately 25 g. each (about 1 tbsp.), and place on cookie
  sheets at least 2 inches apart. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
• 7 Meanwhile, make the coating: Combine granulated sugar with lime lest, pressing
  zest into sugar with your fingers. Whisk in confectioners sugar. Roll warm
  cookies in mixture.
• 8 Bake for 11-12 minutes. The bottoms should be lightly browned.
• 9 Allow to cool for 1 to 2 minutes. Using a metal spatula, carefully roll each
  cookie in the coating while they are still warm. Allow to cool completely on
  wire rack.

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