Tea Cookies, Lime-Graham

By lisapearce

Ingredients

• INGREDIENTS
• 1 1
• cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 1 1/2
• cups powdered sugar
• 1 1
• teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1
• tablespoon frozen (thawed) limeade concentrate
• 1 1
• tablespoon grated lime peel
• 1 1/4 1 1/4
• cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
• 1 1
• cup graham cracker crumbs (about 20 squares)
• 1/2 1/2
• teaspoon salt
• 3/4 3/4
• cup chopped walnuts

Preparation

Step 1

DIRECTIONS
1 In large bowl, beat butter and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed 3 minutes or until fluffy. Stir in vanilla, limeade concentrate and lime peel. On low speed, beat in flour, graham cracker crumbs and salt just until blended. Fold in nuts. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour. 2 Heat oven to 400°F. Shape dough into 36 (1 1/4-inch) balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 1 inch apart. 3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until slight cracks appear and cookies are lightly golden. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks; cool 5 minutes. Place remaining 1 cup powdered sugar in shallow dish. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool. Store tightly covered up to 1 week.