Yield: 32 cookies
Key Lime Cookies
Ready for a taste of the tropics? These Key Lime Pie Cookies are crazy soft and literally melt in your mouth with their simple soft shortbread base. They are flavored with lime zest and then topped with sweet lime icing and crushed graham crackers.
Ingredients
Cookies
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon fresh key lime zest
Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh key lime juice
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon milk
- 1 teaspoon fresh key lime zest
- crushed graham crackers crumbs, optional topping
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla extract, and lime zest, mixing until combined. Add flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time, mixing until completely combined.
- Roll 1 tablespoon of dough into small circles and then press with hands (or with the bottom of a cup) into a disk shape. Place on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 8 minutes. Cookies will not look browned or cooked, but they are! Remove from oven and let cookies rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To ice, in a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, lime juice, vanilla extract, milk, and lime zest until smooth.
- Using a spoon, smooth icing onto the top of each cookie, sprinkle with crushed graham cracker and let set for 10 minutes, or until hardened. Store leftovers in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 cookie, Calories: 115kcal, Carbohydrates: 15g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 21mg, Sodium: 28mg, Potassium: 14mg, Fiber: 0.2g, Sugar: 8g, Vitamin A: 186IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 8mg, Iron: 0.4mg