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Key Lime Pie Cookies | A Nerd Cooks
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Key Lime Pie Cookies

These Key Lime Pie Cookies taste just like the real thing - tangy and slightly sweet - but in a portable, hand-held form.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 126kcal
Author: Lauren Pacek

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs finely ground (not quite 1 full sleeve of graham crackers)
  • 16 tablespoon unsalted butter softened
  • 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoon Key lime juice
  • 2 teaspoon lime zest grated
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • powdered sugar optional
  • additional lime zest optional

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set them aside.
  • In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour and graham cracker crumbs. Set this aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  • Add the egg, vanilla extract, Key lime juice, lime zest, salt, and baking soda. Beat for another minute, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
  • Bit by bit, add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture. Mix until everything just comes together.
  • Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets (in ~1-inch balls), approximately 2 inches apart from one another. Bake for 9-10 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.
  • Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before removing them to wire racks to finish cooling completely.
  • Once the cookies have cooled completely, dust the cookies with powdered sugar and a bit of extra lime zest.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 126kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 49mg | Sugar: 11g