key lime cookies

Name: Key Lime Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 3/4 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 cup(s) butter; 1 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 1 - egg; 3-4 tablespoon(s) lime juice or key lime juice; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; - zest of one lime; - green food coloring; ## FROSTING; 4 cup(s) powdered sugar; 1/2 cup(s) butter; 3-4 tablespoon(s) lime juice

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Carol Zahn

Highlands Ranch, CO

Updated on Feb 5, 2022

These cookies are yummy! Not too tart, but just the right amount so you know you are eating a lime cookie. They are made green by adding a little green food coloring.

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Blue Ribbon Recipe

These cookies taste like pure summer. The cookie is similar to a sugar cookie with a hint of key lime flavor. The lime isn't overpowering, but you know it's there. You can eat the cookies alone, but if you have a sweet tooth, the lime buttercream adds a ton of sweetness and additional lime flavor.

— The Test Kitchen

prep time 10 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

yield 36 Cookies

Ingredients

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 - egg
3-4 tablespoons lime juice or key lime juice
1 teaspoon vanilla
- zest of one lime
- green food coloring
FROSTING
4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter
3-4 tablespoons lime juice

How To Make key lime cookies

Test Kitchen Tips

If you want your cookies very green, add more food coloring. They will lighten as they bake.

Step 1

Cream butter, sugar, and egg. Add lime juice, lime zest, and vanilla to creamed mixture.

Step 2

Add a few drops of food coloring to desired green.
Step 3

Add dry ingredients and mix well.
Step 4

Drop by tablespoon full. I line my cookie sheets with the dull side of aluminum foil up for easy clean-up. You can just pick up the foil and baked cookies and move them to the counter at this point. They will cool there.
Step 5

Bake at 350 for 8 - 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Step 6

For frosting, cream the butter. Add the powdered sugar and lime juice a little at a time. Add green food coloring if desired.
Step 7

You can frost a single cookie, but I usually make a sandwich cookie out of them. But of course, you get fewer cookies that way. Enjoy!
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