Iced Key Lime Cookies

Yield: 50

Ingredients

Butter Cookies

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Key lime juice
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Key Lime Icing

• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Key lime juice

Instructions

Butter Cookies

1. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping the bowl down as needed. Add the egg yolk, then the vanilla extract and 1 1/2 teaspoons Key lime juice. Lastly, blend in the flour.
2. Transfer the dough to a large piece of plastic wrap and form into a cylinder that is 2 1/4 inches in diameter.
3. Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
4. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 2 large cookie sheets and set aside.
5. Cut the cookies into 1/4 inch slices.
6. Place the slices on the cookie sheets and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
7. Place the cookie sheets onto a cooling rack and cool for 5 minutes.
8. Transfer the cookies to the cooling rack.

Key Lime Icing

1. Combine the confectioners' sugar and 1 1/2 tablespoons Key lime juice in a small bowl. Brush the tops of the cookies with the icing as soon as the cookies are transferred off the cookie sheets.