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Key Lime Cookies
If you love tangy cookies, this Key Lime Cookies recipe are perfect for you. This recipe is made with fresh lime zest as well as some other things that most people have in their kitchen already on hand. In just a few minutes, this recipe will allow the flavorful cookies to be ready for your eating enjoyment!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 6 cookies
Calories: 562 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 C cake flour
- 1 1/2 TSP baking powder
- 1/4 TSP salt
- 1/2 C unsalted butter softened
- 3/4 C granulated sugar
- 1 egg white
- 1 1/2 TBSP heavy cream
- 1 1/2 TSP vanilla extract
- zest of two limes
Lime Icing:
- 2 C powdered sugar
- 3-4 TBSP of milk
- zest of two limes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
- Using a stand mixer, beat together butter, sugar, and lime zest until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add the egg white, heavy cream, and vanilla, and beat until combined.
- Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in three scoops, mixing until incorporated, scraping down the bowl as needed.
- Working with 1 heaping tablespoon of dough at a time, roll into balls and space 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
- Using your hands, press down the tops of the balls slightly.
- Bake until the cookies are just beginning to brown around the edges, 8 to 10 minutes, rotating the sheet halfway through baking.
- Let the cookies cool completely on the baking sheet.
- While the cookies bake, grab a medium bowl and hand whisk, and mix the icing ingredients until combined.
- Pour icing over top the cookies and allow icing to harden.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Calories
562kcal
(28%)
Carbohydrates
96g
(32%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
18g
(28%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
46mg
(15%)
Sodium
114mg
(5%)
Potassium
173mg
(5%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
65g
(130%)
Vitamin A
541IU
(11%)
Vitamin C
0.02mg
(0%)
Calcium
67mg
(7%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 562
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 562kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 96g | 32% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 46mg | 15% |
| Sodium | 114mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 173mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 65g | 130% |
| Vitamin A | 541IU | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 0.02mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 67mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.