I don't have her book, but I may just get it if all of her cookies are this good! I heard about the recipe on The Martha Stewart Show. Then one night last week, I was sitting at home alone... EXTREMELY bored. I decided to bake something very different from my usual baking "repertoire". I remembered this recipe, and I knew my boyfriend would love it, because he loves all things citrus. These really are some of the best cookies I've ever eaten. They are so fruity and tangy that you don't even realize you are eating junk food until you've eaten 10! And they're so softy and crumbly that they really do kinda melt in your mouth. Since I've made them I've probably eaten at least 3 every day! Hahaha. They're really that good, I swear!First you make the dough and form it into 2 logs to chill overnight.
Then you cut it into thin slices.
While they're cooling, dust them with confectioners' sugar.
And TADA! The most delicious lime cookies ever!
Recipe from Then you cut it into thin slices.While they're cooling, dust them with confectioners' sugar.And TADA! The most delicious lime cookies ever!
MY NOTES: I added an extra tablespoon of lime juice and some yellow/green food coloring. I sprinkled them with confectioners' sugar first. They weren't quite sweet enough, so I put them in a ziplock bag with some sugar and gently rolled them around.
Lime Meltaways (Makes 2-3 dozen)
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup confectioners' sugar
Finely grated zest of 2 limes
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
Put butter and 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, and mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Add lime zest and juice and vanilla, and mix until fluffy.
Whisk together flour, cornstarch, and salt in a bowl. Add to butter mixture, and mix on low speed until just combined.
Divide dough in half. Place each half on an 8-by-12-inch sheet of parchment paper. Roll in parchment to form a log 1 1/4 inches in diameter, pressing a ruler along edge of parchment at each turn to narrow log. Refrigerate logs until cold and firm, at least 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove parchment from logs; cut into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Space rounds 1 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake cookies until barely golden, about 13 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool slightly, 8 to 10 minutes. While still warm, toss cookies with remaining 2/3 cup sugar in a resealable plastic bag. Cookies can be stored in airtight containers at room temperature up to 2 weeks.
19 comments:
Her whole book really is wonderful. I recommend buying it simply for the cookie catalog that you'll have!
I wonder if adding poppy seeds or coconut would work?
Ooh, my sister loves lime flavored sweets - I feel a college care package coming on!!
I make these cookies all the time. They are delicious. I recommend getting the cookie book. Its one of my favorites.
Those remind me of a cookie I used to eat as a kid! I will definitly try these!! oh, and I love the mixer you bought (im a little jealous) lol.
Speaking of Martha, I read on All Things Cupcakes that there are tickets available for a show she is doing in September and wants an all blogger audience!
Mmm I really love lime!
New to your blog! Very fun and creative! I have Martha's cookie book and the four members of my family take turns choosing the "cookie of the week". We have done about 23 to date! Totally gotta get it - cheap on Amazon...These lime ones are going to be MY next choice! Yumm!
This recipe (or one very similar) is also in her Holiday Cookies cookbook. The recipes in that book are *amazing*. I was also very impressed by the organization. I don't know if this was also done with the Cookies cookbook, but in the Holiday Cookies book, the recipes are organized by the texture of the cookie (soft & chewy, crumbly & sandy, cake-like, chunky, etc.) Brilliant!
I know you take orders for cupcakes... would you take orders for cookies that you've made in the past? These look divine =)
These look so simple but nice, I m already imgining them in all colours :-))
I love these cookies!
Get the book. You wont regret it.
i must have done something wrong. i too added an extra tablespoon of lime juice, but i felt as if the cookies had no flavor at all. they were not sweet. they were not lime-y. they were like eating crunchy air. i was very disappointed.
i'm planning on trying again tonight.
Are these more soft and chewy or crunchy and crispy?
Anonymous, these are shortbread cookies, so they're crumbly and crunchy but not hard. :D
I totally recommend getting her book, along with her cupcake book. MS's recipes always turn out. She's like Betty Crocker of the 20th century. I have her book all tabbed up, waiting to try out the next recipe. :) Thxs for posting, will try this one soon!
When do we put in the other 2/3 cup confectionary sugar?
SVZ, "While still warm, toss cookies with remaining 2/3 cup sugar in a resealable plastic bag." :)
do you know if you can you freeze this cookie dough?
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