When I was a teenager, many millennium ago, tequila was the go to drink for party people. Never me, of course – I drank nothing but water on nights out with friends #Ummmm
Anyway, the image of tequila as a cheap and cheerful beverage was only recently extinguished for me when the Hungry Dad brought home a fancy bottle of tequila. Clue number one that it was nothing like the drink of days gone by: the bottle stopper wasn’t a mini sombrero. Clue number two: it wasn’t a ginormous bottle and it cost more than I care to admit.
Guess what? It didn’t taste like poison. I used it when I made my tequila cake (see it here: https://thehungrymum.com/2014/09/15/margarita-cake-with-tequila/) and I used it when the baking-with-booze mood struck again. This time I made margaraita cookies and wowzers, they were good. I tweaked the recipe from food.com: food.com/recipe/margarita-cookies-429834?mode=us&scaleto=30.0&st=true
GATHER:
225 grams butter, diced, at room temperature
3/4 cup caster sugar
Rind of 1 lime, finely grated
1 egg, lightly beaten
3 teaspoons tequila
2 1/2 cups plain flour
glaze:
1 1/4 cup icing sugar
2 tablespoons white tequila
LET’S GET TO IT:
Preheat oven to 180C and grease and line two baking trays with non-stick paper.
In bowl of electric mixer combine butter, sugar and lime rind then add egg and the 3 teaspoons of tequila and mix until combined.
Beat in flour until combined.
Roll into walnut-sized balls, gently flatten then place on baking sheet, leaving room to spread.
Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly gold. Leave on racks after removing from oven for 10 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
While cooling make glaze: Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add enough tequila to make it pouring consistency. Stir quickly, then flick over the cookies and allow to set at room temperature.
the hungry mum 
Looks like a tasty excuse for a cookie party & booze up. I love tequila, of course it’s a while till I can have some again, but enjoy it I will! 😉
I love the idea of a cookie and boozy party! Maybe after bub arrives we can arrange to do just that! Hope all is well with you and your bump x
I never would have thought of this, I’ll bet it’s good stuff! Hopefully the cook is allowed to toss a few back while whipping up a batch?!!!
well, it just wouldn’t do to bake with alcohol without tasting it, right 😉
You know it! ❤
Oh wow, this sounds amazing. I too was surprised to learn there is actually good tequila after college. 🙂
Isn’t it a revelation! And who knew it could be consumed in glassware, rather than plastic cups?! #GrownUp
Um…yes! I can’t wait to make these.
Make.Them.Now – you won’t regret it!
Love these boozy biscuits. They look wonderful!
awww, ta! A bit of booze in a bickie is a fabulous thing 🙂
Tequila cookies?! Genius! I love a good boozy bake, but i’d never have thought of these! Jennie x
Boozy bakes are my new fav thing. What’s not to love?!
oh boy oh boy oh boy. Fantastic! Excited about the cake, too. Like how you think 🙂 Agree that tequila got a bad wrap as the booze you got sick from in college. It can be very very nice!
Yes! Teens should be banned from drinking it – it is a beverage for sophisticated palates #coughCough
What a clever use of Tequila – love it!
Love the sound of these! I also LOVE tequila. Only the good stuff though. It goes down so easily and I can drink it straight from the bottle.
I would use patrone (coffee tequila) for this recipe. i think that would be dynamite!
The gap between good and bad tequila is 1000 miles wide 🙂 Might have to buy a bottle of Patrone when this bottle is empty #soon.
You can buy a teeny tiny one just to try it out!
Just saw tequila and know already I like them………
We’d be great friends 🙂
First, I wish you A Happy, Fun & Culinary 2015! Xxx 😃
Your special cookies look superb & very tasty too! Mmmmmm!
Awww, ta Sophie! Hope this year is full of blessings and wonder x
Yes, yes! xxx
Ah, you take those along on the plane for the kids, huh? 😉
nope, they only get stuff made with cheap tequila, not the good stuff 😉
Hungry cheap mum! 😉
#indeed 😉
Yum! These look awesome 🙂
ta – they have quite a kick so don’t eat and drive 🙂
My kinda cookies 😀
hehehe – me too 🙂
What a creative recipe! Never had (nor heard of) tequila cookies. But now that I’ve heard of them, gotta have them! 😉 Thanks for this.
neither had I my friend, but I can say that I am glad these treats have found a way into my repertoire! #TeamTequila
Yes. YES YES YES. Tequila shots are my favourite thing when it comes to a night out 😀
Now, I can bring these incredible cookies again!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Again? I don’t know why I typed that haha
ahh, yes – you’re A Young, your body can handle shots in a way that Olds like me cannot #enjoyItWhileYouCan #VEnvious
I personally pinned this recipe. I can’t wait to bake these! Thank you very much for joining in the celebration of #purebloglove, we enjoy having you each week. I hope to see you on Thursday at 8PM, EST through Sunday night. ~Cydnee
Oh, thanks so much for Pinning! I always get a thrill when I see someone has pinned something from my blog 🙂 And thanks for hosting #purebloglove, – is a great thing!
The pleasure is all mine. I can’t tell you how anxious I am to bake this recipe.
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Tequila in a cookie… Yum!