Margarita Cookies with Tequila Lime Glaze

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These fun Margarita Cookies with Tequila Lime Glaze have all the best flavors of your favorite cocktail rolled into a melt-in-your-mouth cookie!

Margarita Cookies with Tequila Lime Glaze

Active Prep Time

15 minutes

Cooking Time

15 minutes

WHY

MAKE THIS?

fun!

What’s more fun than your favorite cocktail in cookie form?

they're

They literally melt in your mouth...

texture!

texture!

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INGREDIENTS

Salt

Powdered Sugar

Butter

Egg Yolk

Flour

Lime

Tequila

1

step

In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer on medium speed to combine butter and sugar. 

2

step

Add the flour and salt and combine with your hand mixer on medium speed. 

3

step

Add the egg yolk and lime juice and combine with your hand mixer on low. 

GREEN

tip!

Avoid food waste by using the unneeded egg white in another recipe—such as these candied walnuts!

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4

step

Fold in the lime zest.

5

step

Use a large cookie scoop or wet hands to form your dough into 8 round cookies and place them on a lined baking sheet, leaving at least an inch of space in between each cookie. 

6

step

Place the cookie sheet in the freezer to set for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Bake cookies for 14-16 minutes, until the outer edges just start to brown. 

7

step

Time to make the glaze! Add tequila and 1 teaspoon of lime juice to a large mixing bowl.

8

step

With your hand mixer on low, add 1/4 cup powdered sugar. Keep your mixer on and continue to add more powdered sugar, about 1 tablespoon at a time, checking the consistency as you go. 

9

step

Once your cookies have cooled, drizzle the glaze on top and add some more lime zest for a fun and fragrant finish. Enjoy! 

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