Key Lime Pie Cookies

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These Key Lime Pie Cookies are moist and tender and have all the bright flavors of Key Lime Pie without all the fuss. The perfect treat to ward off those winter doldrums.

Every year come late February and early March I am ready to bid the cold weather goodbye and I start to long for the warmer days of summer. Since I live in an area where summer really dosen’t start to kick in until late May, I have to be a bit more creative, and bring that summer feeling to my home in different ways. One way I accomplish this is by making recipes that make me feel those summer vibes. These Key Lime Pie Cookies definitely do the trick. With the bright tart flavors of the Key Limes, these cookies are like a bite of sunshine wrapped up in a yummy treat.

Why You Will Love These Cookies:

  • Flavor: These cookies are the perfect balance between tart and sweet. They are like taking a bite of the creamiest Key Lime Pie, with the cookie being the crust and the creamy topping being the pie filling.
  • Ease: These cookies are really easy to make. They have minimal ingredients and you can have them ready in just a few minutes.

Ingredients Needed For These Cookies:

  • Key Limes: For their juice and their zests. Key Limes are a smaller lime that are round with a thinner rind. They contain more seeds and are a bit more acidic than traditional limes. They have been described as slightly sweet with a hint of bitterness.
  • Brown Sugar: Light brown sugar will do. It will not only add sweetness but also allow the cookie to stay moist and chewy.
  • Granulated Sugar: For sweetness and added texture.
  • Butter: I prefer to use unsalted butter, this way I can control the salt in my recipes. Place the butter on the counter to come to room temperature. This will help it combine with the other ingredients easier.
  • Avocado Oil: I like to use avocado oil rather than vegetable oil due to its health benefits, but vegetable oil will do.
  • Egg: The egg will help bind these cookies together. It also will add moisture and fat which will add in texture and flavor.
  • All Purpose Flour: Makes for a softer cookie.
  • Baking Powder: This will give the cookie rise.
  • Pure Vanilla Extract: I prefer the flavor of pure vanilla extract rather then imitation vanilla extract.
  • Salt: This will enhance the flavor of the cookie.
  • Gram Cracker Crumbs: You can get the actual crumbs or just pulse gram crackers in a food processor until crumbs form.
  • Heavy Whipping Cream: When whipped will form a soft fluffy cream that pairs well with soft cream cheese to create a silky cream to top these cookies.
  • Cream Cheese: I used light cream cheese.
  • Powdered Sugar: Also known as confectioners sugar, is a finely ground sugar used for icings and whipped creams.

Other Key Lime Recipes:

Tips For Making Key Lime Pie Cookies:

  • Keeping your ingredients at room temperature will allow them to combine easily.
  • Using a microplane to zest your Key Limes, will create very fine shavings.
  • Cook these cookies to slightly underdone. They will continue the cooking process even after removing them from the oven.
  • If your Key Limes are not juicy enough, then using a product like Nellie & Joe’s Key West Lime Juice will work as well.
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Key Lime Pie Cookies

Recipe by BrendaCourse: Dessert

These Key Lime Pie Cookies are moist and tender and have great Key Lime flavor.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar

  • 1/4 Cup granulated sugar

  • Zest of three Key Limes

  • 5 Tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature

  • 1 1/2 Tablespoons avocado oil

  • 1 Egg

  • 1 Tablespoon Key Lime juice

  • 1 Teaspoon pure vanilla extract

  • 1 1/2 Cups all purpose flour

  • 1 Teaspoon baking powder

  • 1/2 Teaspoon salt

  • 1/3 Cup gram cracker crumbs

  • Cream Topping

  • 6 oz. Cream Cheese

  • 1 Cup heavy whipping cream

  • 1 Cup powdered sugar

  • 2 Teaspoons Key Lime juice

  • Key Lime zest for topping

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350º. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set to the side.
  • To a large mixing bowl, add the brown sugar, granulated sugar and the zest of 3 Key Limes. Using your fingers, rub the zest into the sugars until thoroughly combined. Add the softened butter and avocado oil and beat using a hand mixer until smooth. Add the egg, 1 tablespoon of key lime juice and the vanilla extract and continue beating until fluffy.
  • To a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the all purpose flour, baking powder and salt until combined. Pour the flour mixture into the butter mixture and beat until just combined.
  • Add gram cracker crumbs to a small bowl. Scoop out cookie dough using a medium sized ice cream scoop. Smooth dough into a ball with your hands then roll the dough ball in the gram cracker crumbs to coat. Place the coated cookies on the prepared baking sheet and bake 10 to 11 minutes or until cookies start to turn golden in color. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
  • Meanwhile, to make your cream topping, add the heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Whisk on high until soft peeks form. Add the very soft cream cheese and key lime juice and continue beating until stiff peeks form.
  • Place whipped topping in a piping bag fitted with a round tip. Pipe the cream on the cooled cookie starting in the center and spiraling around the cookie until it is covered completely. Sprinkle with lime zest and serve.
  • Enjoy.