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Grapefruit Tea Cookies
J. Brooke
"My mother originally made these in her culinary arts class in high school in 1975 and they were made with lemon. I love the lemon but I wanted to make these and realized I didn't have any lemons so I used what I did have, grapefruit. They turned out wonderful! I bet they would be good made with oranges too. The glaze is different from your regular iced cookie with the granulated sugar giving a nice texture on top. Yummy!"
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Ingredients
1 h 30 m servings 98 calsOriginal recipe yields 30 servings (2 1/2 dozen)
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
- Mix 1 1/2 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 3/4 cup of sugar until creamy and well combined, and beat in the egg and grapefruit zest until thoroughly combined. 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.
- Bake in the preheated oven until set and very lightly browned, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool on racks.
- Make glaze by mixing 3/4 cup sugar with 1/4 cup grapefruit juice. Brush glaze onto cooled cookies; let stand until glaze is set.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 98 calories; 3.4 g fat; 16 g carbohydrates; 1.1 g protein; 15 mg cholesterol; 66 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
4/9/2011
5 Stars from me! These are wonderful. My brother was thinking about cutting down his grapefruit tree, but these cookies will change his mind. I upped the flour to 2 cups and they turned out p...
Most helpful critical review
2/24/2013
Wanted to try something with grapefruit but this recipe didn't work out. I used 2 cups of flour but the dough was still too soft for cookies so I added some chopped nuts and thought I would try...
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4/9/2011
5 Stars from me! These are wonderful. My brother was thinking about cutting down his grapefruit tree, but these cookies will change his mind. I upped the flour to 2 cups and they turned out p...
5/4/2011
These were delicious! I had to bake them at 325 because my oven runs hotter than normal, but great recipe!
5/3/2012
Really good and easy, cake-like cookies. I used a red grapefruit and doubled the zest and added a touch more juice because it's so mild. They came out perfectly. Delicious! I'm going to try ...
12/30/2011
The glaze makes these taste great! I made them with lemon juice instead, and they tasted like lemonade sponges. But they are a soft, cakey cookie, not really my 'cup-o-tea'
2/24/2013
Wanted to try something with grapefruit but this recipe didn't work out. I used 2 cups of flour but the dough was still too soft for cookies so I added some chopped nuts and thought I would try...
12/23/2016
These taste good. I don't like the texture of the icing, in the future, I'll use powdered sugar instead of white.
6/26/2016
Very moist, light cookies! I used powder sugar instead of gradulated. They disappeared fast!!
12/17/2015
Really good! I mixed some powdered sugar with the granulated sugar to make the glaze a little thicker.
11/26/2012
I made these cookies for a Downton Abbey tea party, and my friends went crazy for them! I added more grapefruit zest than called for.