How To Make Grapefruit Tea Cookies
These zesty tea cookies are filled with grapefruit flavors, from the zest to the juice. The granulated sugar on the icing gives them a nice slight crunch.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1¾cupsall purpose flour
- 1tspbaking soda
- ¼tspsalt
- 1½tspgrapefruit juice
- ½cupmilk
- ½cupunsalted butter,softened
- ¾cupwhite sugar
- 1egg
- 1tspgrapefruit zest,grated
- ¾cupwhite sugar
- ¼cupgrapefruit juice
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
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Mix 1½ teaspoon of grapefruit juice into milk in a small bowl, and set aside for about 5 minutes. In a large bowl, mash the butter with ¾ cup of sugar until creamy and well combined, and beat in the egg and grapefruit zest until thoroughly combined.
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Beat the milk into the butter mixture about 2 tablespoons at a time, alternating with the flour mixture, until the dough is smooth. Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 14 minutes, until set and very lightly browned. Cool on racks.
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Make glaze by mixing ¾ cup sugar with ¼ cup grapefruit juice. Brush glaze onto cooled cookies; let stand until glaze is set.
Nutrition
- Calories: 97.87kcal
- Fat: 3.41g
- Saturated Fat: 2.08g
- Trans Fat: 0.12g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.89g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.18g
- Carbohydrates: 16.00g
- Fiber: 0.21g
- Sugar: 10.42g
- Protein: 1.11g
- Cholesterol: 13.87mg
- Sodium: 65.80mg
- Calcium: 7.83mg
- Potassium: 20.15mg
- Iron: 0.38mg
- Vitamin A: 30.08µg
- Vitamin C: 0.97mg
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