Lucky Lime Leprechaun Cookies Recipe
Check out these fun cookies for St. Patrick's Day! They are soft, sweet, and green with a light limey flavor and tart icing! Yum!
Servings: 48 serving
Calories: 79kcal
Cost: 15
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 them with non-stick cooking spray or lining the 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 will 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!
Nutrition
Calories: 79kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 0.01mg | Sodium: 59mg | Potassium: 4mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 0.1IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg