Sequins in the South

Margarita Lime Tequila Cookies

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These cookies have the tang of lime juice and the kick of tequila. What’s not to love? This is my go to cookie when I want to pack up in cute packaging and wow them with a unique treat. These cookies scream summer & fun.********

TEQUILA

What You Need:

3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 sticks (1 cup) butter-softened
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 T Tequila
Juice from 1 lime
Zest from 1 lime
8 oz Wilton sparkling sugar

Margarita Lime Cookies Ingredients

How To Create:

1.  Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
3.  In a medium mixing bowl, add the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
4.   In a large mixing bowl, add the butter, sugar, eggs, tequila, lime juice and lime zest. Mix with an electric mixer on medium for 3-4 minutes until light and fluffy.
5.   Add the dry ingredients, a little bit at a time, until fully incorporated.
6.   Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for one hour.
7.   Pour the Wilton sugar crystals into a small shallow bowl.
8.  With your hands, roll the cookie dough into 2 inch balls and place into the bowl with the sugar crystals.
9.   Cover each cookie dough ball with the sugar crystals and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper about 2 inches apart.
10.   Bake for 10-12 minutes or until they begin to slightly brown.

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ENJOY THIS PARTY COOKIE

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Cheers !!! Enjoy these and please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much for coming by!

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Comments

  1. I love how bright these are too! The yellow color just shouts spring. They'd make a great hostess gift, I'm sure.
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  3. I have a wine & dessert party coming up and I am totally going to make these :) I love this recipe!
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  4. You know I'll be making these for a girls night out party! I love that there is real tequila in them! Would it be too much to serve margaritas with them? Thanks for the inspiration for my Cinco de Mayo party!
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  5. This is definitely need to try! I've never had liqueur cookie before, but your recipe intriguing me so much. A perfect choice for a party treat.
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  7. Seriously - you find the most interesting recipes. I am so intrigued by this one. First, I love cookies. Second...well, the Margarita got me like whoa! Yum... Karen | GlamKaren.com
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  13. These look great! I love any cookie with lime ... and sounds pretty easy to make to boot!
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  14. oh gosh these look amazing! And it's a great excuse to buy tequila!
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  16. These look so delicious. You share some of the best creative recipes!
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  19. I love that these cookies have a kick of tequila. It sounds like the perfect combination of sweet and tangy.
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  20. Wow, I have never heard of the tequila cookies before, but I'm intrigued! Can't wait to try your recipe! And I love how bright and festive your pics are!
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  21. OMG!!! I need to make these
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  22. You always inspire me with your creativity! This is a fun twist on one of my favorite kinds of cookies! Love the tequila!
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  23. I cant wait to make these for my annual cinco de mayo party!
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  24. What!? Tequila in cookies you say, I am sold! So creative and such a fun party snack, nice pics. xx, Kusum | www.sveeteskapes.com
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  25. Fun! This is a perfect Cinco Day Mayo (sp?) recipe. What a creative cookie :-)
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  26. Awesome recipe. Sounds really interesting and yummy.
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  27. Boozy cookies? Now this is something my good friends would like at a killer party!
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  29. These remind me of Lemonade cookies that we made one time. They were so good! I need to come up with some good summer time fresh recipes!
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  30. How fab looking are these, and I love all types of citrus flavoured cookies. Great recipe.
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  31. Noramlly, I'd swoon over these cookies. Tequila is my drink of choice!!! Specifically, Patron :). But I went to a bachelorette party this past weekend and the thought of tequila makes me feel sick haha. I'm sure in a week I'll be ready to whip up a batch of these ;)
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  32. What a fun cookie idea! They sound so summery and delicious! Wish I could eat one right now!
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  33. What a great recipe! One of my favorite summer go-tos is a margarita fruit salad. I think if I add this cookie recipe to it, I have beginnings of a great margarita-themed party!
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  34. Wow these are great looking! I never would of thought to make something and I can't wait to try these out myself!
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  35. This is the perfect Cinco De Mayo dessert, definitely bookmarking this for my next margarita party!
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  37. I recently started enjoying limes ... I really don't know what was holding me back, but they are delicious! I like the looks of this cookie :)
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  38. Now those sound wonderfully springy and delicious! I love the taste of lime in baking.
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  39. I love margaritas and cookies...so I need to make these. I love the addition of lime to anything so these are going to be favorites!
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  40. I don't believe I've had lime cookies before. I've had lemon ones a bunch but not lime.
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