Luscious Lime Cookies

By pknaub

Ingredients

• Cookies
• 1/2 cup (4 ounces) softened butter
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar or glazing sugar
• 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons lime powder (depending on the degree of tartness you like)
• 1/2 teaspoon lime oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• Reduce salt to 1/4 teaspoon if you're using salted butter.
• Topping
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar or glazing sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lime powder

Preparation

Step 1

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
1) Mix together the butter, sugar, lime powder, lime oil, and salt; there's no need to beat at high speed, just mix together.
2) Mix in the flour. Cover the dough, and refrigerate for about 1 hour, or as long as overnight. Just before baking, preheat the oven to 325°F.
3) Remove the dough from the fridge, and scoop teaspoonfuls onto the baking sheet, 1 1/2" apart.
4) Bake the cookies for 12 to 14 minutes, until set and lightly brown around the edges.
5) Remove from the oven, and let cool for 10 minutes.
6) Mix the topping ingredients, and put in a 1-gallon zip-top bag.
7) Add 5 or 6 warm cookies at a time, and shake gently till they're coated. The sugar may get a bit sticky; that's OK.
8) Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool, then coat the completely cooled cookies in the sugar again.
Recipe summary
Hands-on time: 20 mins. Baking time: 18 mins. Total time: 1 hrs 15 mins. Yield: 25 cookies
Tips from our bakers
◦For white chocolate icing, melt 2/3 cup (4 ounces) white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate; a microwave works well here. Stir chocolate until it's smooth, then spread it on the cooled cookies.