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Citrus Cookies

By: Therese Massaad 
"Sugar cookies with a definite citrus flavor. For lime cookies substitute lime juice, lime zest, and green food coloring. For orange cookies, substitute orange juice, orange zest and orange food coloring."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 3.3 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (10)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 2 dozen
 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 6 drops yellow food coloring
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

  1. Cream together butter or margarine and sugar. Add salt, zest, juice, and food coloring. Mix until well blended.
  2. Add flour a half cup at a time, mixing well. Dough should ball up when finished. Shape into a cylinder about 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Chill for 4 hours.
  3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
  4. Slice into 24 cookies and bake on cookie sheet 6 to 8 minutes.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 84 | Total Fat: 3.9g | Cholesterol: 10mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 29, 2003 by ISABLUE   view full review
These are easy to make and SO tasty... I had never baked cookies on my own before and I was so...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 3.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 29, 2002 by MIKIELLEN   view full review
I tried a recipe with just a slight variation before I found this exact one and this one is...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 3.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 19, 2003 by JENZEP   view full review
only ok...I definitely have had better. Probably will not make again.
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 3.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 29, 2002 by BOONTA23   view full review
Very Good Recipe
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 3.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 2, 2011 by KEZ   view full review
I chose to make the lime version of these. The dough came together well and felt similar to a...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 3.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 4, 2011 by Noel King   view full review
This wasn't bad. I left them in a few minutes longer. I also added a bit too much flour,...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 9, 2011 by alyson   view full review
Awesome! I always melt the butter, then add the sugar and mix before adding the other...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2012 by SwedishCook   view full review
I'm rating this 4 stars only because I tweaked the recipe. Instead of adding the lemon zest to...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 9, 2011 by Twitching   view full review
I left out the food coloring (who needs it!) and the lemon zest (didn't have any and didn't...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 9, 2011 by purple~ninja~muffin   view full review
had to tweak the recipie a little, but coupled with a simple glaze, it was rather good.

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