Spring Lime Tea Cookies

Second attempt at cookie making... and I must say that this time, the cookies turned out much better than the one I tried previously.

Ok, ok... I cheated a bit. I chose the nicer looking ones to take the above photo. But honestly, they were much much better compared to the peanut cookies. You can go to Yun's blog (provided she updates it soon) if you want to see the "original" states of the cookies, when they were cooling on the rack. And also, thanks to Yun who dropped by to help out with the preparations. :)

It was actually quite tiring because, instead of the big traditional oven, I only have the oven toaster, which is much much smaller. So, we had to split the dough and baked them in about 7 - 8 different batches. And this is the result :

Haha.

Different batches come out in different sizes. But we still managed to get about 60 cookies from all the dough, though the recipe stated to make about 2 dozens only.

Another problem is that I'm not sure if it's meant to be a bit soft or I left the cookies out for too long. But going through the comments left by other reviewers on the website, it seems like the cookies should turn out "light and fluffy", which I have no idea how it was like. Anyway, I don't bother too much about it coz I'm really glad that this turned out well, and majority are edible! Yeah!

Spring Lime Tea Cookies (from : allrecipes)

Ingredients :
- 2 teaspoons lime juice
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons lime zest
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

For the glaze :

- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/4 cup white sugar

Directions :
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine the 2 teaspoons of lime juice with the milk, let stand for 5 minutes.

2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the lime zest and milk mixture. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda, blend into the creamed mixture. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges are light brown. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

4.To make the glaze, stir together the remaining lime juice and sugar. Brush onto cooled cookies.