Key Lime Crackle Cookies

Name: Key Lime Crackle Cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/2 C AP Flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 Stick unsalted butter, room temp; 1 1/4 C granulated sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 tsp grated Key Lime zest + 3 T Key Lime juice ALT regular lime zest + 1 1/2 T ea. Lemon and lime juice; 4 drops green liquid food coloring; 1/2 C confectioner's sugar; 2 T green sanding sugar

4 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:09:56 GMT

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Ingredients

36 servings

2.5 CAP Flour

1 tspbaking powder

½ tspsalt

1 Stickunsalted butter

room temp

1.25 Cgranulated sugar

2eggs

large

1 tspKey Lime zest

grated lime lime

1.5 TLemon juice

4 dropsgreen liquid food coloring

0.5 Cconfectioner's sugar

2 Tgreen sanding sugar

Instructions

Step 1

1. Whisk flour, bak pow, salt in a med bowl. Beat butter and gr sugar on med until fluffy, 3 min. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well. Add lime zest and juice. Add food coloring. Reduce mixer to low, slowly add dry mix, beat to combine. Cover dough and refrigerate until firm, 45 min.

Step 2

2. Position racks on upper and lower thirds of oven, preheat to 350°. Line 2 bak shts w/parchment. Combine conf sugar, sand sugar in sm bowl. Roll T dough into balls, roll in sugar mix. Place 2" apart on bak sht.

Step 3

3. Bake 18-20 min, until puffed and cracked. Switch pans halfway through. Cool 5 min on pans before trans to racks.

Step 4

Alt for key limes: regular lime zest and 1 1/2T each lemon and lime juice.