Key Lime Spritz Cookies

Total Time: 48 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 84
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon finely shredded key lime peel or 1 teaspoon lime peel
• 2 teaspoons key lime juice or 2 teaspoons lime juice
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• coarse sugar (optional)
• lime icing (recipe is below) (optional)
• green colored crystal sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
• 3 add sugar, salt and baking powder. beat until combined.
• 4 beat in lime juice and egg.
• 5 beat in flour (if the dough gets too stiff, continue combining with a wooden spoon).
• 6 stir in lime peel.
• 7 place unchilled dough in cookie press and form shapes one inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 8 top with coarse sugar, if desired.
• 9 bake for 6-8 minutes until edges are firm but not brown.
• 10 transfer to wire racks to cool.
• 11 if desired, drizzle with lime icing and let stand 20 minutes or until set, or dip cookies in icing and top with green sugar.
• 12 lime icing: stir together 3/4 cup powdered sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons lime juice and 2-3 teaspoons of milk to make a drizzling consistency. tint with green food coloring if you like. makes about 1/3 cup.