Chewy Lime Cookies

Our dreamy chewy lime cookies Recipe has an amazing unique flavor and texture. It's soft, chewy, and has a lime/coconut flavor combination you'll love!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Chewy Coconut-Lime Sugar Cookies

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings -16 cookies

Calories 231kcal

Author Kathleen

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 ounces cream cheese cut into 8 pieces
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1 teaspoon lime zest
6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted but still warm
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350ºF (177ºC).
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, coconut, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
In a large bowl add 1 1/2 cups of sugar, the lime zest, and cream cheese yet. Put the remaining 1/3 cup sugar in a pie plate and set aside. Pour the warm butter over the cream cheese mixture and whisk to combine - the mixture won't be completely smooth yet, that's fine. Add the oil, egg, milk and lime juice. Mix until smooth.
Use a rubber spatula to fold the dry ingredients into the wet, until a soft dough comes together.
Using a small cookie scoop form the dough into balls, roll in the reserved sugar and place on cookies sheets. When cookie sheet is full, use the bottom of a drinking glass to gently flatten cookies down into a disk. Try to work quickly as handling the dough too will produce flatter cookies
Bake the cookies, 1 tray at a time, for about 11-13 minutes, or until the edges are set and beginning to brown. The tops will be puffy and slightly cracked. Transfer the baking sheet to a wire rack and let the cookies cool on the sheet for 5 minutes then transfer them to the rack to cool completely.

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