Key Lime Cookies
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Hello, my name is Amber and I have a citrus addiction! You thought I was done with my lime posts after March, when I typically go crazy because limes are green and that goes well with St. Patrick’s Day. Well, I’m not! Haha! Limes have been on sale 10/$1.00 around here lately, so why not pull out some more lime recipes right? Hence these Key Lime Cookies!
These cookies aren’t super “limey” but they are soft and delicious with a hint of lime. A fun, fresh cookie for summer! My son in particular enjoyed these key lime cookies!
Now before you get on my case about the fact that these are not made with key limes, give me a break. Limes and key limes are pretty similar in taste and I buy what’s on sale. “Key Lime” just sounds fancier and more fun, so I went with it. Feel free to use the real deal!
The glaze is optional, but it helps give it a little more of that lime flavor. Enjoy!
Key Lime Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- zest and juice of 1 lime (about 1 tsp zest and 3 Tbsp lime juice)
- 1 cup white chocolate/vanilla chips
Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp lime zest
- 1 1/2 to 3 Tbsp lime juice, depending on desired consistency
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugars. Beat in the egg, vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice until smooth.
- Slowly add flour mixture until combined. Fold in white chocolate/vanilla chips.
- Drop rounded spoonfuls onto a parchment or silicone mat lined baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 9 minutes or until golden brown around edges. Do not over-bake. Cookies will be plump. Cool for several minutes on cookie sheets before transferring to a rack to cool completely.
- Prepare glaze by combing powdered sugar and lime zest in a bowl. Add lime juice until desired consistency. I only did 1½ Tbsp for a thick glaze. Spoon glaze over the top of the cookies and allow to set at room temperature until dry. Store in an airtight container.
Recipe Notes
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Recipe lightly altered from Oh Sweet Basil
42 Comments on “Key Lime Cookies”
Mmm these look so summery and good. Yum!,
Citrus and summer go hand-in-hand in my book!
Oh my gosh! These look so good. I love citrus desserts. I wish I had one now and I haven’t even had breakfast yet! lol
My life would not be the same without citrus desserts! 🙂
I love soft cookies like this. The key lime flavor would be so good in a cookie! So perfect for summer.
I’m not sure if my last comment saved, so I’m trying again! These look so yummy and soft. The key lime flavor is so perfect for summer!
It did, but I like your comments 😉 Thanks Alli!
Wonderful looking cookies for a good cup of coffee. Blessings, Catherine
Thanks Catherine! 🙂
These are beautiful! I love citrus desserts, so I need to try this! And I also always use regular limes instead of key limes… 😉
Thank you Renee! Yay for citrus desserts!
I could put down a few of those key lime cookies! Yummy!
Awesome! Haha.
I love limes but never thought to use them in cookies! Brilliant! 🙂
Oh I put lime in EVERYTHING! 😉
I wish limes were on sale around here! I’ve been wanting to bake with them lately!
I go crazy when they are on sale! I just can’t pass them up when they are 10/$1.00
i’m glad that i’m not the only one addicted to anything citrus. these look delicious… definitely could devour a batch right now!
Oh yeah, citrus everything in our house! Haha.
i love key lime. these look great!
Me too! Thanks!
Absolutely delicious! Like you, I love citrus! I doubled the recipe and they were wonderful. I used organic Persian limes so they lacked the pretty green color, but made up for it with great flavor.
YAY! So glad you loved them! Thanks for leaving your review Pam!
AMAZING!!!!! I made these tonight for a family get together and we were all politely trying to not eat too many. Finally, my husband pipes up, “Does anyone want any more of these because in about 5 minutes I am going over there to eat every last one of them!” If I can’t have these in Heaven then I’m not sure I want to go there. 😉
I love it! Haha. Thanks for sharing! So glad you liked them!
My daughter and I made these together this afternoon. They are AMAZING! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!! 🙂
when you drop a spoon full onto the pan do you mash them down or will they form into a cookie while cooking
I don’t mash them. If you like thin cookies you can.
Going to make these for a Christmas Cookie Exchange….Hope they are a hit!
I hope so too! Enjoy!
I’ve made these cookies twice and each time I have trouble with the blending the egg, zest, etc. until SMOOTH step. Mine looks curdled! However, after I blend in the flour, it looks like cookie dough. The baked cookies are delicious but what’s with that curdled stuff?
The acid from the zest probably makes it curdle, but it shouldn’t effect the end product of the cookie.
THese are the BEST! I’ve made them several times and they’ve always turned out fantasticly scrumptious!! I’ve even tried dipping them fully in the glaze to enrobe them in citrus goodness:) thank u so much for this recipe- these are a favourite!
That’s great! Thanks for your comment Rae!
Hello! Just made these and they are deliscious. Curious though… is the dough super wet? I even added a 1/4C more flour and it was still super wet (held it’s shape when I dropped them on cookie sheet but barely)….took a bit longer to cook. Thanks
That’s strange. They shouldn’t be that wet. I’m glad you adjusted it to make it work though.
Just made a double batch of these for my husband’s work. This is my second or third time baking these and they are always a HUGE hit! Definitely one of my go-to summer recipes!
That’s great to hear! Thanks for your comment Louisa!
Just made these….mmmmm mmmm yum! :p I added a bit over a tsp of baking powder & left out the egg (allergy). They puffed up nicely. The icing was a nice sweet light addition (mine was a bit thinner, so I just drizzled it over while on the cooling rack). Will definitely keep this recipe for later! Thanks! 🙂
That’s great! Glad it worked out for you without the egg.
Thanks for the recipe Amber. I picked yours over many because of your write up. The cookies were a big hit with family! I made 6 batches. Now its time to make a batch for myself!
Wow! That’s a lot of cookies! Glad you are enjoying this recipe!