Sugar Free Lemon Lime Shortbread Cookies
Sugar Free Lemon Lime Shortbread Cookies, a delicious no added sugar recipe for buttery cookies with a hint of citrus
Servings: 24
Equipment
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup Butter --softened to room temperature
- 1 tbsp Lemon Zest
- 1 tbsp Lime Zest
- 1 cup Sugar Free Powdered Sugar. -- see post for details
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1 tbsp Lime Juice --Freshly squeezed is preferred.
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract.
- 2½ cups Flour
Glaze
- 1 cup Sugar Free Powdered Sugar.
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1 tbsp Lime Juice.
Vanilla Extract. Optional- additional zest can be added on top of the glaze. Follow
Instructions
- Butter. In a large mixing bowl, beat together your butter with the zests until creamy (about two and a half minutes).
- Powdered Alternative. Scrape down the sides of your mixing bowl and then add the powdered sugar alternative along with the lemon and lime juices and vanilla extract. Mix the ingredients until combined.
- Flour. Scrape down the sides of the bowl once again. Set your mixer on low speed and add the flour to the bowl a half cup at a time. Mix until the flour is just combined with the other ingredients.
- Chill. Lay out two pieces of plastic wrap and the evenly divide the dough between the two pieces of plastic. Form the dough mounds into a disk shape and then tightly wrap the two discs with the plastic. Refrigerate the cookie dough disks for at least and hour.
- Prep. Preheat your oven to 350⁰ F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or baking mats.
- Cut. Take the first cookie dough disk out of your refrigerator, remove the plastic wrap, and then roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to about a quarter of an inch thickness. Use a cookie cutter to cut the cookies out of the dough and then place them onto the first baking sheet about an inch apart from one another. Repeat this process with the remaining cookie dough and baking sheet.
- Bake. Bake your cookies for 12-14 minutes or until the edges begin to turn golden brown and the cookies are set in the center.
- Cool. Let the cookies sit on the baking sheets for a minute and then transfer them to a cooling rack to fully cool.
- Glaze. To make the glaze, simply use a fork or whisk to combine together the glaze ingredients until smooth and lump-free. Then use a small spoon to drizzle or apply the glaze to your cookies.
- Set. Allow the glaze to fully set before serving or storing your cookies.
Recipe Notes
*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
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Nutrition
Calories: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 61mg | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 237IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!
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