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Key Lime Bites

Name: Key Lime Bites
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2-1/2 dozen
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar; 2 teaspoons Key lime juice; 2 teaspoons grated Key lime zest; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts; ICING:; 2 cups confectioners' sugar; 1/4 cup Key lime juice; 1 teaspoon grated Key lime zest

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Total Time:Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + standing

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Joni Larsen

Tested by Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Updated on Sep. 26, 2022

Key limes don’t provide much peel, so sometimes I cheat and use regular limes—for the peel only—in these bites. If you can wait, these are even better the next day. —Joni Larsen, Wellington, Utah

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Yield:2-1/2 dozen

Prep:20 min

Cook:10 min

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons Key lime juice
2 teaspoons grated Key lime zest
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts
icing:

2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup Key lime juice
1 teaspoon grated Key lime zest

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Directions

1
Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in lime juice and zest. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts.

2
Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten slightly.
3
Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
4
In a small bowl, combine icing ingredients. Dip cookies in icing; allow excess to drip off. Place on a wire rack; let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.