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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Key Lime Cookies with Powdered Sugar Glaze

    Key Lime Cookies with Powdered Sugar Glaze

    BY: Courtney PUBLISHED: Feb 22, 2019 6 Comments UPDATED ON: Feb 12, 2022

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    These Key Lime Cookies are the perfect spring dessert! They’re topped with a Lime Glaze, which is a powdered sugar glaze topped with fresh key lime zest.

    key lime cookies on a napkin with lime slices

    If you love key lime pie you’ll love these cookies! A soft cookie topped with the most perfect key lime icing. One bite and you’ll be hooked! I’m a sucker for key lime desserts and these cookies definitely hit the spot. I love making these and if you love key lime flavors you’ll love these No Bake Key Lime Cheesecake Cups. Not a fan of key lime? Our Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are ALWAYS a hit!

    inside of a key lime cookie

    If you have a sweet tooth these are great to make and save the rest too – you can easily pop the freshly baked cookies into the freezer after cooling. It’s nice to take one out whenever you want a sweet snack without overindulging.

    ingredients for key lime cookies on a marble board

    Key Lime Cookie Ingredients:

    • 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
    • 1/2 tsp baking soda
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1 stick unsalted butter
    • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
    • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
    • 1 tsp key lime zest
    • 3 tbsp lime juice
    • 3/4 cup white chocolate chips

    lime glaze in a spoon covering key lime cookies

    Lime Glaze

    You’ll need 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons lime juice to make this lime glaze. Mix those two ingredients together to create a powdered sugar glaze that pairs so well with these cookies.

    How to make Key Lime Cookies

    • First, you’ll need to preheat your oven to Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
    • Then Prepare a baking sheet with a light coating of baking spray or use a silpat.
    • In a small bowl combine the dry ingredients, add the flour, baking soda, and salt and mix together until combined.
    • In another bowl, add the butter and sugar and mix until it’s smooth and creamy.
    • Then add in the egg, vanilla, lime juice, and zest and mix until combined.
    • Slowly add in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until well combined.
    • Fold in the white chocolate chips and mix until just combined.
    • Create cookie dough balls in a tablespoon amount, roll them in your hand and flatten a little. The cookies will rise a small amount but they do not spread.
    • Place them onto your cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
    • Bake the cookies for 8-9 minutes. Do not overbake!
    • Allow the cookies to cool a few minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
    • Once cooled, mix together the powdered sugar and lime juice to form a glaze.
    • Drizzle the lime glaze in a teaspoon amount onto each cookie, finish by adding a sprinkle of lime zest.
    • Allow the icing to cool and set and then enjoy!

    key lime cookie dough with white chocolate chips in a bowlkey lime cookies on a baking sheet stacked key lime cookies with lime glaze

    tips for the BEST Key Lime Cookies

    • This recipe makes 16 cookies using a regular cookie scoop. Make 24 mini cookies by using a smaller cookie scoop.
    • You can freeze the leftover cookies and take them one out whenever you want a sweet treat.
    • We suggest using organic limes when using the zest.

    This article was written by Courtney’s Sweets, this key lime cookie recipe is from our guest chef Amanda.

    key lime cookies on a napkin with lime slices

    Key Lime Cookies

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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: cookies, key lime
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 8 minutes
    Total Time: 18 minutes
    Servings: 16 cookies
    Author: Courtney

    Ingredients

    • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
    • 1/2 tsp baking soda
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1 stick unsalted butter
    • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
    • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
    • 1 tsp key lime zest
    • 3 tbsp key lime juice
    • 3/4 cup white chocolate chips

    Lime Glaze

    • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
    • 3 tbsp key lime juice
    • key lime zest optional for sprinkling on top
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    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 
    • Prepare a baking sheet with a light coating of baking spray.
    • In a small bowl, add the flour, baking soda and salt and mix together until combined.
    • In another bowl, add the butter and sugar and mix until the texture is smooth and creamy. Add in the egg, vanilla, lime juice and zest and mix until combined.
    • Slowly add in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until well combined.
    • Add in the white chocolate chips and fold until mixed in.
    • Create cookie dough balls in a tablespoon amount, roll them in your hand and flatten a little. The cookies will rise a small amount but they do not spread. Place them onto your cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
    • Bake for 8-9 minutes. Do not overbake!
    •  Allow the cookies to cool a few minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
    • Once cooled, mix together the powdered sugar and lime juice to form a glaze. 
    • Drizzle teaspoon amount of glaze on each cookie, sprinkle with zest and allow to set so the icing can harden. Enjoy!

    The nutritional information is automatically calculated and can vary based ingredients and products used. If the nutrition numbers are important for you we recommend calculating them yourself.

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    About Courtney

    Family, Food, and Photography are Courtney's passions and you'll see all of that on this blog. She is happily married to her husband Chris and together they have two amazing kiddos!

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    Comments

    1. Suzanne

      March 27, 2020 at 6:35 pm

      This looks delicious, thank you for sharing!

      Reply
      • Courtney Lopez

        April 01, 2020 at 10:14 pm

        Thank you – We hope you love them!!

    2. Gliria

      August 23, 2021 at 8:26 am

      When you say lime juice in your recipe are you referring to Key lime juice. You mention key lime zest but not juice. Thank you

      Reply
      • Courtney

        August 30, 2021 at 11:02 am

        Thanks for catching that! 🙂

    3. Krishna

      September 13, 2021 at 6:49 pm

      Great recipe! I just made it and they were absolutely delicious. They were soft as noted but melted in your mouth. I am vegetarian so I used a flaxegg to replace the regular egg and whole wheat pastry flour to replace the all purpose flour since I don’t eat all purpose flour. I found that I didn’t need to flatten the cookies before baking otherwise they spread too much. May consider refrigerating the dough before baking next time. We chose not to do the glaze on top because of the added sugar but they were still sweet enough and you could still taste the key lime flavor. Gave a cookie to my neighbor and she said they were amazing and the recipe needed to be in a cookbook. Thanks for the recipe. Will make them again!

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      • Courtney

        September 14, 2021 at 10:16 am

        They are so good!! Glad you enjoyed 😀

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