CLAY'S KEY LIME COOKIES

CLAY'S KEY LIME COOKIES image

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 13

Main Ingredients:
1 - Stick of unsalted butter
2 - Large eggs
1 - Can of Eagle Brand Borden's, Sweetened Condensed Milk (the same as if you were making a Key Lime Pie with)
1 ½ Cups of all-purpose flour (You could use whole wheat pastry flour but the cookies would be darker in color)
2 - 3 Tablespoons of coconut flour
1 - Teaspoon of baking powder
*½ - Cup of Macadamia nuts
Key Lime Sugar (1 cup) Reserve 4 Tablespoons of key lime sugar - 2 Tablespoons each for Macadamia Nuts & making Icing)
1 - Cup of Baker's flaked Coconut
¾ Cup of Key Lime Juice
1-Cup of White Chocolate Chips (I use Guittard's, "Choc-Au-Lait")
While zesting limes into sugar, squeeze enough lime juice to make about ¾ of a cup.

Steps:

Whip butter until light and fluffy - Continue to add eggs, the sweet condensed milk & Key Lime Sugar. Mix until smooth. Mix the dry ingredients together (flour, salt, baking powder and coconut flour). Incorporate half of flour into butter eggs & condensed milk. Pour ½ cup of Key Lime Juice into mixture. *Macadamia Nuts - Pour about ½ cup of Macadamia Nuts into a food processor along with about 2 Tablespoons of Key Lime Sugar that was reserved to prevent nuts from turning to a paste. Pulse food processor several times until to get a coarse nut texture. Pour nuts into batter mixture along with 1 cup of flaked coconut and white chocolate chips. Mix the remaining flour into batter for consistency. Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 20 -25 minutes on parchment paper. Let cool. ** For a nice addition - You may also add to the flaked coconut - 2 teaspoons of "Capt. Morgan's Key Lime Rum" - for extra flavor!!!! Key Lime Icing: ½ stick of butter 1 ½ of powdered sugar 2-3 teaspoons of half& half 2 Tablespoons of Key Lime Sugar 2-3 Tablespoons of Key Lime juice ½ to 1 square of Baker's Premium White melted Chocolate Beat butter sugar until creamy - start to add half & half a teaspoons at a time. Add Key Lime Sugar, Key Lime juice, melted white chocolate and mix until desired consistency for the icing to be achieved. After cookies have cooled, place icing on cookies and allow for drying. Later place in plastic lock bags. Enjoy!!!!!