Key Lime Cookie Recipe
(with white chocolate)
This is a delicious Key Lime Cookie Recipe. They are buttery and delicate with a wonderful lime flavor. We serve these at parties and outdoor summer barbeques.
As you are beating together the flour into the other ingredients, it will appear granular at first but don't stop at that point keep beating until the batter comes together into a very thick consistency. As you take the cookies out of the oven, they will need to cool on the baking sheet for at least two minutes before you transfer the cookies to the cooling rack. These cookies will be very fragile until they cool completely.
One of the easiest ways to get the zest needed for the recipe is to use a Zester. By dragging the zester over the key lime or regular lime, you get thin strips of lime peel very quickly.
 The majority of us don't have acess to fresh Key Limes. If you want to be authentic and use real Key Lime juice, you can find it bottled in most grocery stores. It is packaged under the name Nellie & Joe's.
So, if you went out and bought Nellie & Joe's Key Lime juice, then you have a lot of juice left over since you only needed one tablespoon for the recipe. What do you do with all of that juice left over? Make Key Lime pie of course! Here is the link to a recipe for authentic Key Lime Pie. It is very easy to make.
Key Lime Cookie Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup corn starch
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter, softened
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- 1 teaspoon grated lime zest
- 1 tablespoon key lime juice or regular lime juice.
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- Additional powdered sugar for coating (about 1 cup)
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Preparation:
- If you are going to bake two sheets of key lime cookies at a time, then arrange the racks in your oven to divide it into thirds. For baking with one sheet at a time, put one of the oven racks in the center of the oven.
- In a medium bowl mix together Flour, Corn Starch, and Powdered Sugar. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, with an electric mixer at medium-high speed, beat together Butter, Key Lime Juice, and Lime Zest until smooth.
- Add Flour mixture to Butter mixture and begin mixing on low speed. Once mixture begins to get thick, increase speed to thoroughly mix until combined, scraping down sides. The ingredients will eventually come together into a thick dough.
- Mix in white Chocolate Chips with a large spoon or rubber spatula
- Refrigerate dough for 45 minutes to firm up. (It is important that the dough be very cold before going into the oven or they will spread out too far and the edges will burn)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lightly grease baking sheets. (cooking spray works well)
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Place 1-1/2 inches apart on greased baking sheet, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes until bottom edges just barely begin to turn brown. Do not over-bake. If you are baking with two sheets at a time, switch baking pans from top to bottom racks halfway through the cooking time. If you are baking with one sheet at a time then rotate the pan halfway through the cooking time. This will ensure that the cookies cook more evenly.
- Let cool on baking sheets for at least 2 minutes, then remove to racks to cool.
- Pour powdered sugar into a bowl. Roll tops of key lime cookies in Powdered Sugar to cover.
Makes 2 dozen cookies |
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