Margarita Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 225 g butter, softened
• 140 g caster sugar
• 1 lime, finely grated rind of
• 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons cointreau liqueur
• 280 g plain flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 140 g icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons tequila

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 190°c line 2 baking sheets with paper.
• 2 put the butter, sugar, and lime rind into a bowl and mix well with a wooden spoon, then beat in the egg yolk and cointreau. sift together the flour and a pinch of salt into the mixture and stir until thoroughly combined.
• 3 scoop up tablespoons of the dough and put them on the prepared baking sheets, then flatten gently. bake for 10-15 minutes, until light golden brown. leave to cool on the baking sheets for 5-10 minutes, then using a palette knife, carefully transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
• 4 sift the icing sugar into a bowl and stir in sufficient tequila to give the mixture the consistency of thick cream. leave the cookies on the racks and drizzle the icing over them. leave to set.