Key Lime Cookies
Soft, chewy, and zesty, these key lime cookies are the perfect tropical treat made with real key lime juice and zest.
Print Pin Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 160kcal
Cost: $6–8
Equipment
- Stand mixer or hand mixer
- Cookie scoop For uniform sizes
- Microplane/zester For finely grated zest
- Parchment paper
- Wire cooling rack
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups All-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Unsalted butter Softened
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- ½ cup Light brown sugar
- 1 Large egg
- 2 tablespoon Fresh key lime juice
- 1 tablespoon Key lime zest
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 cup Powdered sugar For glaze
- 1 ½ tablespoon Key lime juice For glaze
- 1 teaspoon Key lime zest For glaze
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Mix dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Add egg, lime juice, zest, and vanilla extract.
- Combine wet and dry mixtures until just mixed.
- Scoop dough onto baking sheets using cookie scoop.
- Bake cookies for 8–10 minutes.
- Cool on rack for 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack.
- Whisk glaze ingredients: powdered sugar, lime juice, zest.
- Glaze cookies once cooled.
- Let glaze set for 15 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Nutrition
Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 1.5g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 60mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 180IU | Vitamin C: 1.2mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.6mg