Lime Cilantro cookies

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Lime Cilantro cookies

This is a recipe from an old issue of Northern Gardener (published by the Minnesota Horticultural Society) which I've tweaked

• 1 c powdered sugar
  
• 1 c white sugar
  
• 1 c shortening
  
• 1 beaten egg
  
• 1 tsp vanilla
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 1 tsp baking powder
  
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
  
• 3 c flour
  
• zest of 2 limes
  
• juice of 1 lime
  
• 3-1/2 T minced cilantro leaves (this is one case where you don't want the stems
  
• extra white sugar
  
• extra cilantro leaves
  

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F).

Cream 1 c. each of the powdered and white sugars and shortening together. Add egg and vanilla. Stir in all remaining ingredients except the extra sugar and cilantro leaves.

Roll teaspoon sized dough blobs into balls. Dip balls into sugar, flatten slightly with a glass and top each cookie with a cilantro leaf.

Bake for about 15 minutes.

These are a crispy cookie and keep very well.

Keywords: Dessert, Easy

( RG1480 )