Spring Lime Tea Cookies Recipes

PINEAPPLE TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine milk and 2 teaspoons pineapple juice in a bowl and let stand.
• Mix 3/4 cup sugar and butter together in a large bowl. Mix in egg and stir in pineapple juice-milk mixture. Add flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Stir in 2 teaspoons crushed pineapple. Drop batter by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are light brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
• While cookies are baking, make glaze by mixing remaining 1/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons pineapple juice, and remaining 1 tablespoon crushed pineapple together in a bowl. Brush or spoon onto cooled cookies.

LEMON TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the egg yolk and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. , Divide dough in half and shape each half into a 14-in. roll; reshape each roll into a 14x1-1/8x1-1/8-in. block. Wrap and refrigerate overnight. , Unwrap dough and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle half the cookies with nuts, gently pressing into dough. , Bake at 400° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown around the edges. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, cream the butter, lemon juice and orange zest until fluffy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar until smooth. Tint yellow if desired. Spread about 1 teaspoon filling on bottoms of the plain cookies; place nut-topped cookies over filling.