Try these citrusy cookies, coated in powdered sugar, for a luncheon, shower, holiday or anytime snack.
Lime-Graham Tea Cookies
- Prep Time 60 min
- Total 2 hr 10 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon frozen (thawed) limeade concentrate
- 1 tablespoon grated lime peel
- 1 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (about 20 squares)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat butter and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed 3 minutes or until fluffy. Stir in vanilla, limeade concentrate and lime peel. On low speed, beat in flour, graham cracker crumbs and salt just until blended. Fold in nuts. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour.
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Step2Heat oven to 400°F. Shape dough into 36 (1 1/4-inch) balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 1 inch apart.
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Step3Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until slight cracks appear and cookies are lightly golden. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks; cool 5 minutes. Place remaining 1 cup powdered sugar in shallow dish. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool. Store tightly covered up to 1 week.
Nutrition
110
Calories
7g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
11g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 110
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 17%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 85mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 11g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 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 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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