French Butter Cookies

Ingredients for 60 servings:

• 230 g butter, just under 1/2 lb.
• 150 g sugar
• 1 large egg(s)
• 1 lime(s), grated peel
• 1 lime(s), the juice
• 250 g flour
• 1 tsp salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 10 minutes

Shortbread with a twist

Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit). Beat softened butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg, lime zest and juice, and salt. Only when everything is well blended, gently fold in the flour. (Don’t overmix the flour, or the cookies will be hard.) Done! Form the dough into 3cm thick logs, roll in crushed sugar, wrap in wax paper, and refrigerate for at least an hour. When the logs are hard, cut into 3/4 cm thick slices and bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes. The edges should be at most light golden brown. Regular sugar will melt during baking. The sugar will stay as it is!! The original recipe called for vanilla instead of lime. I didn’t have any vanilla in the house, but I did use lime. My kids go crazy for these, even though they’re really a grown-up cookie.