Lime Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup butter softened

1 cup sugar

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp cream of tartar

1/4 tsp salt

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 lime all of the juice and zest

1 1/2 cups flour

1-2 drops green food coloring*

GLAZE (optional):

1 tbsp butter melted

1 lime extract all of the juice

1/4-1/3 cup powdered sugar

Cream butter and sugar with a mixer for 2-3 minutes.

Add soda, cream of tartar and salt and mix well.

Add the egg and vanilla and mix well.

Zest a lime and add the zest to the dough.

Squeeze the juice out of the lime and add that to the mixture also.

Add the flour and continue to mix. Chill dough in an airtight container for 2 hours.

Scoop the dough by the tablespoon and roll into balls. Roll each ball in a bowl of sugar until coated on all sides.

Place the cookie dough balls on a cookie sheet and bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes.

If you want to glaze the tops of the cookies, add the glaze while the cookies are still warm. Enjoy!

Mix the butter and lime juice together. Add the powdered sugar slowly while mixing with a fork until desired consistency is reached. This recipe only makes a small amount of glaze but it has a very strong flavor so you just need a tiny amount on each cookie. You can drizzle it with a spoon if the glaze is thin enough or you can make it a little bit thicker and spread it with a knife.