Our Coconut Lime Crisps are thin, crispy cookies with a wonderful tart lime flavor & sweet coconut. Their tropical flavor is the perfect addition to any holiday cookie tray.
There is always room during the Christmas season for a lighter, crisper cookie. These are a favorite, living in Florida, because we are lucky enough to have out own Key Lime tree in our backyard. It produces tons of fruit a year so when we get tired of Authentic Key Lime Pie (is that even possible?) I make these Coconut Lime Crisps.
They'll remind you, even in the middle of winter, of tropical islands and getaways. And that's never a bad thing! These cookies bake up super crisp (check out how crisp they are!) and quite large (don't be surprised by how much they spread) and they have a wonderfully tart lime taste that is offset by the addition of sweetened coconut.
A great cookie for any time of year but around Christmas it gives you a lighter option to all the butter, chocolate & peppermint cookies.
Enjoy!
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COCONUT LIME CRISPS
Ingredients
- ¾ cup + 2 Tablespoons butter, softened
- ⅔ cup sugar
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 Tablespoons lime juice
- 4 teaspoons lime zest
- 1-¼ cups flour
- ¾ cups shredded sweetened coconut
Instructions
- Cream the butter and sugar together in a medium bowl.
- Add the almond extract, lime juice and zest.
- Continue beating while adding flour and coconut.
- Using your hands, roll dough out on a floured piece of wax paper into an 18"-20" log.
- Wrap tightly with paper and place in refrigerator to chill for at least one hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cookie sheets by lining with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Remove dough from refrigerator and roll in colored sugar. (I’ve used red & green and they’re both pretty for the season).
- Cut into ¼" thick slices and place on cookie sheets 2" apart.
- Bake 15 minutes or until golden.
- Cool cookies on cookie sheets for 5 minutes then gently remove to wire racks.
- Cool completely and store in airtight cookie tin.
This post has been updated and was first published on December 23, 2013.
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