Abaco Inn

Key West, Florida

Specialty Recipe

Key Lime Drop Cookies

Ingredients:

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter or margarine, softened

1 cup sugar

2 teaspoons grated Key lime or Persian lime peel

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/2 cup Key lime or Persian lime juice, strained

3 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

4 teaspoons baking powder

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, and lime peel. Beat in the egg and lime juice. In another bowl, sift the flour, cinnamon, and baking powder together and beat into the butter mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until very light brown. Remove immediately to cooling rack. Cookies will be cake-like.

Yields: 4 to 5 dozen cookies

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