Enjoy this delicious cookie recipe made using Gold Medal® all-purpose flour – perfect for a dessert.
Lime Crescents
- Prep Time 1 hr 15 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons grated lime peel
Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lime peel
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F (if using dark or nonstick cookie sheet, heat oven to 375°F). In medium bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the lime juice with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in flour, salt and 2 teaspoons lime peel.
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Step2Shape dough by level measuring tablespoonfuls into crescent shapes, about 2 inches long. On ungreased cookie sheet, place crescents 1 inch apart.
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Step3Bake 6 to 10 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
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Step4Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon lime peel with fork. Roll warm cookies in sugar mixture; place on wire rack. Roll in sugar again.
Nutrition
70
Calories
4g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
8g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 70
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 40mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 8g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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