Lime Crinkle Cookies with Glaze
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Apparently the lemon version of these cookies won a competition in LDS Living magazine. So I stole the recipe & slightly altered it to make it “green” for St. Patrick’s Day coming up.
These cookies are pretty tasty; exactly the soft chewy texture I was hoping for & I love the zesty flavor of the limes. Plus, I just really love LIME! I may just have 3 or so lime recipe posts coming up as an ode to my lime addiction!
Lime Crinkle Cookies with Glaze
Ingredients
Cookie:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 whole egg
- 1 tsp lime zest (or almost zest of one whole lime)
- 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice (1 lime)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
Glaze:
- 1/2 tsp lime zest
- 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- Neon Green Food Coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla, egg, lime zest, and juice. Scrape sides and mix again.
- Stir in all dry ingredients slowly until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again briefly.
- Pour ⅓ cup powdered sugar onto a large plate. Scoop 1-inch balls of dough and roll in powdered sugar. Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte {not melty or shiny}. Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. (*If using a non-stick darker baking tray, reduce baking time by about 2 minutes.)
- While cookies cool make glaze: In a separate bowl, combine ½ tsp lime zest, 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice, ⅔ cup powdered sugar, & 2-3 drops food coloring. Stir with a whisk. Using a spoon, drop a small amount on the top of each cookie & spread evenly with the back of the spoon. Continue until each cookie has been glazed. Let glaze harden, then store cookies in an airtight container.
3 Comments on “Lime Crinkle Cookies with Glaze”
These sound so good! I love lime. Thanks so much for linking up this week @ Things That Make You Say Mmmmm!
On this will be perfect for me since I am craving anything fruity!
Kat you are so cute! Glad you have another reason to eat some fruit, but I have a feeling this won’t be quite as healthy for the baby, but still very delicious! 🙂