lime creams

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon grated lime zest
• 1 egg
• 1 drop green food coloring, or as desired
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar for dusting

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 12 mins


• 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.