KEY LIME PIE COOKIES RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Set aside.
• In a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add egg, vanilla extract, and lime zest, mixing until combined.
• Add flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time, mixing until completely combined.
• Roll 1 tablespoon of dough into small circles and then press with hands (or with the bottom of a cup) into a disk shape.
• Place on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 8 minutes.
• Cookies will not look browned or cooked, but they are!
• Remove from oven and let cookies rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes.
• Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To ice, in a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, lime juice, vanilla extract, milk, and lime zest until smooth.
• Using a spoon, smooth icing onto the top of each cookie, sprinkle with crushed graham cracker and let set for 10 minutes, or until hardened.
• Store leftovers in an airtight container.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, crushed wafers, cracker crumbs, 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar, lime juice and zest, salt and cinnamon until blended. Shape into 1-in. balls; place on parchment-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour., Roll cookie balls in remaining 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Store cookies between pieces of parchment in an airtight container in the refrigerator.