Key Lime Cookies
Key Lime Cookies are soft and chewy sugar cookies topped with a key lime frosting, and served with a fresh lime wedge to squeeze on top. They are easy to make and are BEYOND delicious. This lime sugar cookie recipe is by far the best sugar cookie I have ever had!
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. cornstarch
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
Key Lime Frosting Ingredients
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- zest from 2 limes
- juice from 2 limes
- 2 1/2-3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Sugar Cookies
- In a large mixing bowl beat softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in eggs and vanilla and beat until ingredients are mixed well.
- Add in baking powder, cornstarch, and flour 1 cup at a time. Mix with a hand mixer until thoroughly combined.
- Wrap dough in saran wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. *Do not skip this step*
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Once dough has had a chance to chill, scoop cookie dough using a cookie scoop to create equal size cookie dough balls. (I used a food scale and measured each cookie dough ball to be 1.3 ounces). Double scoop the cookie dough to make large bakery style cookies. *see notes for baking large cookies*
- Flatten the cookie dough by gently pressing the bottom of a drinking glass down on the center of the cookie dough ball. I like to spray the bottom of the glass with cooking spray, and dip it in sugar before flattening the cookie.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 8 minutes or until the center of the cookie has puffed up and is no longer glossy. *DO NOT over bake cookies. They will become dry and crumbly*
- Remove from the oven and cool completely. I like to place my baked cookies in the fridge until I am ready to frost.
Key Lime Frosting
- With a hand mixer cream softened cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy.
- Add in vanilla, lime zest, and lime juice and mix until combined.
- Slowly add in powdered sugar until powdered sugar becomes smooth and creamy.
- Once cookies have had a chance to completely cool, scoop a generous amount of frosting on each cookie and top with a lime wedge.
- Refrigerate cookies until ready to serve. Enjoy!
Notes
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*When baking large bakery style cookies, increase the baking time to 11 minutes or until the cookies puff up and are no longer glossy on the top*
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 270kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 2.6gFat: 14gCholesterol: 52.5mgSodium: 36.1mgPotassium: 66.4mgSugar: 20.8gVitamin A: 36.9IUVitamin C: 1.9mgCalcium: 9.5mgIron: 0.4mg
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