Lemon-Lime Cookie Crisps

POINTS® Value: 2
Servings: 10
Preparation Time: 15 min
Cooking Time: 11 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy These ultra-thin cookies are super crunchy and flavorful. Swap orange zest for the lemon or lime if you prefer.

Ingredients

• 3 1/3 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large egg white(s)
• 1/3 cup cake flour
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp lemon zest, finely chopped
• 2 tsp lime zest, finely chopped

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Place parchment paper on 2 cookie sheets.
• Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar in a medium bowl until light and fluffy. Add egg white and stir until just blended. Sift cake flour over butter mixture and mix with a spoon; fold in vanilla.
• Remove half of batter and place in a medium bowl; set aside. Fold lemon zest into one bowl and lime zest into other bowl.
• Drop heaping teaspoons of batter onto prepared cookie sheets leaving at least 3-inches between each cookie. When cookie sheet is full, flatten out cookies with back of a spoon so cookies look almost translucent and measure about 3-inches across. (You may have to do this in batches depending on the size of your cookie sheets.)
• Bake until edges start to brown, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from oven and quickly transfer cookies to a cooling rack using a thin metal spatula. Yields 4 cookies per serving.

Notes

• Store cookies in an airtight container to retain crispness.For a nutty flavored-cookie, skip the zest and add 1 teaspoon of almond extract instead.These cookies can be curled for a special-occasion look. Just remove the cookies from the cookie sheet straight from the oven and drape them over a rounded surface like a small bottle or rolling pin. The cookies will wrap around the rounded surface and cool in a curl.

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