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Lucky Lime Leprechaun Cookies

Check out these fun cookies for St. Patrick's Day! They are soft, sweet, and green with a light lime-y flavor and tart icing! Yum!Makes 4 dozen
Course: Cookies
Author: Mindee's Cooking Obsession

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Butter room temp.
  • 1 ½ Cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Lime Extract
  • Green Food Coloring
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ⅓ Cup Limeade
  • 3 Cups Flour

Lime Icing

  • 2 Cups Powdered Sugar
  • Limeade

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.  Prepare baking sheets by spraying with non-stick cooking spray or lining pan with parchment paper.
  • In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and powdered sugar.
  • Beat in the eggs, lime extract and a few drops of green food coloring.  Remember that the flour with lighten the color.
  • Beat in the baking soda.
  • Add the flour in 3 additions alternating with the limeade.
  • Scoop dough out onto the prepared baking sheets by tablespoonfuls.  Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes.  Don't overbake.
  • While the cookies are baking stir enough of the remaining limeade into the 2 cups of powdered sugar to make a drizzly icing.
  • Drizzle cooled cookies with the lime icing.  Enjoy!