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Friday, February 5, 2016

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.

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