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Citrus Shortbread Cookies

A lemon drizzle adds a bit of sweetness to buttery shortbread triangles.

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Prep Time 15 min
Total Time 50 min
Servings 24

Ingredients

3/4: cup butter or margarine, softened

1/4: cup granulated sugar

2: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1 1/2: teaspoons grated lime peel

1 1/2: teaspoons grated orange peel

1: cup powdered sugar

1: to 2 tablespoons lime juice

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat butter and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed 2 to 3 minutes or until light and creamy. Add flour, lime peel and orange peel. Beat on low speed until mixture is blended. Gather dough into a ball.
2 On lightly floured surface, roll dough into 8x6-inch rectangle, about 1/2 inch thick. (If dough cracks around edges, press edges to smooth.) Cut into 12 (2-inch) squares, then cut each square diagonally in half into triangles. On ungreased cookie sheet, place triangles 1/2 inch apart.
3 Bake 12 to 17 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4 In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and lime juice with spoon until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle glaze over cookies.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

For easy glazing, put powdered sugar mixture into quart-size food-storage bag. Snip off a tip with kitchen scissors, and drizzle glaze over shortbread.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 120
Calories from Fat: 50),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 6g; 6%
(Saturated Fat 3 1/2g, 3 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 40mg; 40%;
Total Carbohydrate: 15g; 15%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 7g 7% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 4/30/2013 4:32:11 PM REPORT ABUSE KakieB88 said:

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I love the citrus flavors! I like this spin on a classic shortbread cookie. I had to put an extra half a stick of butter in this to get the doughy consistency I was looking for though. I also didn't have enough limes for the juice, so I used lemons and oranges instead, still turned out great. I would recommend putting these in for 11-12 minutes, then take them out to cool on the cookie sheet. They will still look light in color, but will continue to bake as they sit on the cookie sheet. Anymore than 12 minutes they are too crunchy. I also added a bit of extra orange-lemon juice to the powdered sugar to give a thinner consistency. Overall, these were delicious! I am making these for Mothers Day! These are very light and a great little burst of Spring for your mouth!

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