Key Lime Cookies and Key Lime Icing
Melt in your mouth delicious Key lime Cookies TOPPED with key lime icing offer a double dose of flavor. Vegan option!
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 133kcal
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 1 ⅓ cups unbleached all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup vegan butter softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 egg or egg replacer
- 1 Tablespoons lime juice divided
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Zest of 1 large lime
For the icing
- ¼ cup vegan butter softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 ½ Tablespoons key lime juice
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/16 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 °F.
- Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar.
- Prepare the egg replacer, if using.
- Add the egg or egg-replacer, vanilla extract, lime juice and lime zest to the creamed butter and sugar.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in batches and blend.
- Drop Tablespoon-sized dough balls on a non-stick cookie sheet.
- Bake 8 - 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Let stand on cookie sheet for several minutes before cooling on a wire rack.
Icing
- Combine butter, powdered sugar, lime juice, salt and vanilla in a bowl.
- Mix with electric beaters until fluffy.
- Frost the cookies and enjoy!
Notes
Combine 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 Tablespoon water and 1 Tablespoon vinegar to replace the egg.
Nutrition
Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 102mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg
