Best Key Lime Jewel Cookies Recipes

Key Lime Butter Cookies image

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 35m

Yield 3 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon grated lime zest
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
Sugar
GLAZE:
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
4 teaspoons Key lime or regular lime juice
1 teaspoon grated lime zest
Green decorating gel, optional

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in lime zest and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and cornstarch; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten to 1/4-in. thickness with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are light brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, lime juice and zest. Brush over cookies. Let stand until set. If desired, decorate with gel just before serving.

Nutrition Facts :

Key Lime Cookies image

Provided by Lvs2Cook

Categories Dessert

Time 25m

Yield 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg, plus
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup fresh lime juice (or Key Lime juice)
1 1/2 teaspoons lime zest (green part only)
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Steps:

In a large bowl, mix butter, sugar, egg and egg yolk until creamy.
Thoroughly mix in flour, baking powder, salt, lime juice and lime peel.
Form dough into 1/2-inch balls and place on lightly greased baking sheets.
Bake at 350º for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned. Remove to wire rack.
While still warm, sift confectioner's sugar over cookies.

Key Lime Jewel Cookies image

Provided by Midwest Maven

Categories Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 24 cookies, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon key lime zest
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon almond extract
5 tablespoons key lime juice
1 tablespoon water
6 drops green food coloring
1 cup pine nuts, chopped
2/3 cup seedless raspberry preserves
1/2 cup powdered sugar, for dusting

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and lime zest; set aside.
In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar together.
Add the egg yolks, and combine well.
Next, mix in the almond extract, and the lime juice.
Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, and mix well.
Add the water to make the dough come together more easily.
Add the green food coloring and work through the dough to get even color.
Lay the chopped pine nuts out in one layer on a plate.
Pinch off chunks of the dough and roll them between your hands to form 1 inch balls.
Roll the dough balls in the pine nuts to get them evenly coated, and then place them on parchment paper lined baking sheets.
Take your index finger and make an indent into the middle of each dough ball.
Carefully drop 1 teaspoon of the raspberry preserves into each indent on your cookies.
Bake for about 35 minutes, or when the pine nuts start to lightly brown on the edges.(Your cookies may bake quicker, my oven is not the best, just use your best judgement folks).
Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets for a couple minutes.
Then transfer the cookies to cooling racks to cool completely before lightly dusting them with the powdered sugar. Enjoy!