Summery Sugar Cookies

I always thought sugar cookies went with christmas... well no longer! This recipe rocks.

Coconut Lime Sugar Cookies

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tbsp lime juice
½ cup unsweetened coconut
½ cup sugar for rolling cookies

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3. Using a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until smooth and very fluffy.
4. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, lime juice.
5. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients and coconut. 
6. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and roll in sugar. Place on cookie sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart. 
7. Bake 7-9 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned.
8. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

Just reading the recipe makes my mouth water.

I used green coloured sugar (that I had left over from another project) to roll them in to make them look limey.

Then I ran out of green sugar. So here is how to make your own coloured sugar:
Put however much sugar you need in a ziplock bag. Add about 2 drops food colouring for each 1/4 cup. Shake, shake, shake. Then spread on a plate to dry.
Voila! Pink sugar!

And here is my Daniel looking super cute. Jacob took this picture!