A lemon drizzle adds a bit of sweetness to buttery shortbread triangles.
Citrus Shortbread Cookies
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 7
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

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat 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.
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Step2On 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.
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Step3Bake 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.
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Step4In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and lime juice with spoon until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle glaze over cookies.
Nutrition
120
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
15g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 120
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 18%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 40mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 15mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 15g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 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;Carbohydrate Choice
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