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These cookies made with lime and almonds are a sure-fire hit with children. They enjoy the amusing shape, of course, but also the delicious flavour.

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Last modified on: May 27^th 2012

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For 20 cookies, you will need:

1 125 g flour
2 50 g icing sugar
3 100 g butter
4 1 egg
5 1 pinch fine (or table) salt
6 1 lime
7 30 g whole almonds
8 5 drops food colouring
Total weight: 465 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 5 min.	2 hours	30 min.	3 hours 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put into a food-precessor bowl: 125 g flour, 50 g icing sugar, 100 g butter cut into small pieces, 1 egg, 1 pinch fine (or table) salt, 5 drops food colouring, and the juice and zest of 1 lime.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Knead on slow speed until evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Tip the dough out onto a sheet of stretch plastic film.

Stage 4 - 2 hours

Fold the film over and press the dough into a flat cake.

Refrigerate for 2 hours.

This cooling time is essential as the dough is very soft at room temperature. The time in the fridge will firm up the dough.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

After this time, roll out the dough with a rolling pin to just under 1 cm (0.4 inch) thick.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Now comes the tricky momnt: cutting out the "alien" shapes. I used a calisson cutter for the pointed end.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Then I cut the top of the head using a normal round cutter.

But you can cut them out perfectly well with a small knife.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Shape the rounded part if necessary by pushing around the edge with your finger.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Make the eyes with 2 whole almonds, the pointed end towards the centre. Press them lightly into the dough to make them stick.

Stage 10 - 20 min.

Use up all the dough like this, placing the cookies on a baking sheet as you go.

Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F).

Stage 11 - 5 min.

Put the offcuts onto a baking heet, shaped or not. Here I've made Star Trek logos (yes, I know, this is an American TV series recipe...).

Stage 12 - 30 min.

Bake for around 30 minutes. Watch carefully for colouring towards the end of the cooking time to keep the lovely green colour. So don't overcook them.

Remarks

Green is the obvious colour to use, but they look good in pink, too (in which case, leave out the lime).

Keeping

Several days in an airtight tin. .

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,692 Kcal or 7,084 Kj	25 gr	158 gr	107 gr
85 %	10 %	15 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
364 Kcal or 1,524 Kj	5 gr	34 gr	23 gr
18 %	2 %	3 %	3 %

Per cookies
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
85 Kcal or 356 Kj	1 gr	8 gr	5 gr
4 %	<1 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 20 cookies : 1.79 €
Per cookies : 0.09 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hazelnut and orange cake, Viennese Shortbread, "Moelleux" cake batter, Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, Gingerbread, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), Scrambled eggs with langoustines and asparagus tips., Spicy roast cauliflower gratin, Jam doughnuts, Gratin Dauphinois, ... All
	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coconut "croute à thé", Arizona cupcakes, Saint Honoré cake, Diamond biscuits, Pistachio "Financiers", ... All
	Whole almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan, Chocolate mendiants, Red cabage salad with toasted almonds, Cantucci di Prato, Praline rochers, ... All

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