Lime Wedding Cookies

Today's recipe is one that I cam up with my accident. I was trying to make spring time sugar cookies and made a mistake with one of the ingredients and had to make up the rest. What I came up with are these delicious lime wedding cookies. They taste like sugar cookies with a fresh taste of lime. You can also add basil or coconut for a delicious twist. I call them wedding cookies because they would be perfect as favors or just extra dessert on a coffee table at a out door wedding. Enjoy!

Lime Wedding Cookies:

1/2 cup Lime Juice
2 cup Softened Butter
1 1/2 cup Sugar
3/4 cup milk
2tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda
4 cup flour
zest from 3 limes

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix butter and sugar till it is light and fluffy.
Then add other ingredients one at a time until all the thoroughly combined. Add flour last.

Roll dough balls in powdered sugar and smash them on a greased cookie sheet. For decoration you can use a small cookie cutter or a clean rubber stamp to make an impression in the tops of the cookies.
Bake for 15-20 min or until dense to the touch. Don't be afraid.. just tap the tops of one of those cookies and if it feels like it would be chewy and delicious, take them out. If the cookie collapses under your finger they need a few more minutes. These cookies don't change color. We are not looking for a golden brown. That's too done.
Only let those cookies rest on their pans for about 5 min or they will start sticking to the pan. Use a something with a flat metal edge to get the cookies off the pan. They like to fight you a bit.
When the cookies are done and cooled they are ready to eat or you can make them even a little more beautiful.
Here are some various ideas:
-cover half of the cookies with white chocolate and coconut by dipping them in melted white chocolate bark (available at most supermarkets) then lay them on wax paper and sprinkle with coconut before the chocolate hardens.
-mix powdered sugar and vodka together and add different colors of food dye to paint on the impressions you make. a simple flower or leaf image would make a lovely addition.
- make a glaze for the tops out of powdered sugar and cream and a touch of vanilla. Whisk it together and drop it on.

Have fun with these little beauties