Best 7 Key Lime Cookies I Recipes

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Key lime cookies are a delectable treat that embodies the vibrant flavors of the tropics. These cookies are characterized by their zesty citrus notes, a hint of sweetness, and a tantalizing aroma that evokes memories of sandy beaches and balmy summer days. Indulge in the joy of baking these delectable cookies, and embark on a culinary adventure that will leave your taste buds invigorated and your spirits lifted.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

KEY LIME COOKIES



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These soft, cake-like treats are like a little key lime pie in cookie form.

Provided by Cruguru

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Drop Cookie Recipes

Time 25m

Yield 33

Number Of Ingredients 12

cooking spray
½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
½ cup butter, at room temperature
½ cup light brown sugar
¼ cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup white chocolate chips
2 tablespoons Key lime zest

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray or line with silicone baking liners.
  • Combine cream cheese, butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract until smooth. Slowly beat in flour, baking powder, and salt. Fold in white chocolate chips and lime zest.
  • Drop teaspoonfuls of cookie dough onto the prepared cookie sheets, leaving about 1 inch between each cookie.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are set and lightly browned around the edges, 10 to 14 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 106 calories, Carbohydrate 11.7 g, Cholesterol 17.9 mg, Fat 6.1 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.4 g, SaturatedFat 3.7 g, Sodium 63.8 mg, Sugar 7.9 g

KEY LIME COOKIES



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Make and share this Key Lime Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Lvs2Cook

Categories     Dessert

Time 25m

Yield 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg, plus
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup fresh lime juice (or Key Lime juice)
1 1/2 teaspoons lime zest (green part only)
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, mix butter, sugar, egg and egg yolk until creamy.
  • Thoroughly mix in flour, baking powder, salt, lime juice and lime peel.
  • Form dough into 1/2-inch balls and place on lightly greased baking sheets.
  • Bake at 350º for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned. Remove to wire rack.
  • While still warm, sift confectioner's sugar over cookies.

KEY LIME COOKIES



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 35m

Yield 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup Key lime juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
2 cups prepared Key lime curd
1 cup powdered sugar, for sprinkling

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs 1 at a time and the lime juice, and mix well. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to butter mixture until incorporated. Dough should be stiff but not dry. Shape into 1-inch balls, press thumb into center of balls to make an indentation, being careful not to press through to the bottom. Fill indentations with about 1 tablespoon Key lime curd. Bake for 15 minutes, until lightly brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

KEY LIME COOKIES I



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Lime flavored rolled cookies.

Provided by Pam

Categories     Desserts     Cookies

Time 50m

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 10

½ cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup fresh lime juice
1 ½ teaspoons grated lime zest
½ cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
  • In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, egg, and egg yolk until smooth. Stir in lime juice and lime zest. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; blend into the creamed mixture. Form dough into 1/2 inch balls, and arrange on the prepared cookie sheet.
  • Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. Sift confectioners' sugar over cookies while still warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 73.5 calories, Carbohydrate 11.4 g, Cholesterol 17.6 mg, Fat 2.9 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.7 g, Sodium 66.3 mg, Sugar 7.2 g

KEY LIME COOKIES



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Originally called Key Lime Dusties in the Homemakers Magazine! Most Key lime cookies are rolled in icing sugar, these are rolled in lime sugar - white sugar and finely grated Key lime zest, which I prefer. These little gems will melt in your mouth! You can use regular limes to make these too. See directions for preparing lime sugar before baking cookies.

Provided by Elly in Canada

Categories     Dessert

Time 40m

Yield 36 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 teaspoons grated key lime rind
4 teaspoons key lime juice
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon grated key lime zest (scant 1/2 tsp (2ml)

Steps:

  • Sugar Coating: In small bowl of food processor, whirl sugar and lime rind until sugar is fine. Transfer to bowl; cover and let stand for at least 2 hours or overnight. (If sugar clumps, break up into powder.).
  • Whisk together flour, baking powder and baking soda; set aside.
  • Beat butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy; beat in yolk, lime rind and juice. Gradually stir in flour mixture.
  • Transfer dough to pastry bag fitted with 1/2-inch/ 1 cm star tip (or plastic bag with corner cut out). Pipe out 1-1/2-inch/4 cm long cookies onto parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
  • Bake in 300°F/150°C oven until edges and ridges are just starting to turn golden, 25 to 30 minutes.
  • Important -
  • Roll in lime sugar while still warm; let cool on rack.
  • Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 69.4, Fat 4, SaturatedFat 2.5, Cholesterol 15.4, Sodium 41.4, Carbohydrate 7.8, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 3, Protein 0.7

KEY LIME PIE BALLS



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The classic creamy filling, graham cracker crust and burst of lime are all mixed together in every bite of these rolled cookies. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 25m

Yield about 5 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
3-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons lime juice
2 teaspoons grated lime zest
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, beat the first 7 ingredients until blended. Shape into 1-in. balls. Roll cookie balls in confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes., Store cookies between pieces of waxed paper in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 72 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 7mg cholesterol, Sodium 60mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

KEY LIME BUTTER COOKIES



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I love limes so much that if a recipe calls for lemons I almost always use limes instead. With their pretty green color, these are perfect for Christmas-you can also make them as sandwich cookies and use lime curd for the filling.-Deirdre Cox, Kansas City, Missouri

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 35m

Yield 3 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon grated lime zest
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
Sugar
GLAZE:
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
4 teaspoons Key lime or regular lime juice
1 teaspoon grated lime zest
Green decorating gel, optional

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in lime zest and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and cornstarch; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten to 1/4-in. thickness with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are light brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, lime juice and zest. Brush over cookies. Let stand until set. If desired, decorate with gel just before serving.

Nutrition Facts :

Tips:

  • Use fresh key limes for the best flavor. If you can't find key limes, you can substitute regular limes, but the flavor will be slightly different.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This will help the cookies to be chewy and flavorful.
  • Don't overmix the dough. Overmixing will make the cookies tough.
  • Chill the cookie dough for at least 30 minutes before baking. This will help the cookies to hold their shape.
  • Bake the cookies until they are just set. Overbaking will make the cookies dry and crumbly.
  • Let the cookies cool completely before frosting them. This will help the frosting to set properly.
  • Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Conclusion:

Key lime cookies are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that are perfect for any occasion. With their bright and citrusy flavor, these cookies are sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them. So next time you're looking for a sweet and satisfying snack, give key lime cookies a try.

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