Low-cal Lime Curd Cookies

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lime zest, finely minced
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup fresh lime juice
• 36 shortbread cookies, commercially prepared (about 10 oz total)
• 3/4 cup light whipped topping

Recipe

• 1 in a medium mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light; add zest. next, add one egg at a time, beating after each addition; add lime juice (mixture will be lumpy).
• 2 pour mixture into a medium saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until lime mixture thickens like a pudding, about 10 minutes. remove from heat and allow to cool.
• 3 spread a heaping teaspoon of lime curd onto each cookie. before serving, top each with a teaspoon of whipped topping.