Lime Tea Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons lime zest
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons lime juice (for glaze)
• 1/4 cup sugar (for glaze)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 combine 2 teaspoons lime juice with milk and let stand 5 minutes.
• 3 in a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda.
• 4 in a large bowl, cream butter and 3/4 cup sugar, then beat in egg.
• 5 stir in zest and milk mixture.
• 6 add flour mixture.
• 7 drop rounded spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 8 bake 8-10 minutes until edges are light brown.
• 9 let the cookies cool completely.
• 10 for the glaze: stir together the remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice and 1/4 cup sugar, brush onto the cooled cookies.