I made what might be my new favorite cookie for my family this past week. They're very chewy coconut lime sugar cookies, so dense in texture because of the coconut, but light in flavor. Perfect for summer.
Ingredients:
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
zest of one lime, minced finely
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1.2 cup unsweetened toasted coconut
1/2 cup sugar for rolling cookies
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 and line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Toast your coconut if you haven't already done so.
2.Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
3. Using a mixer, beat together butter and sugar until smooth and fluffy.
4. Beat in egg, vanilla, lime juice, and lime zest.
5. Gradually blend in dry ingredients and coconut.
6. Roll rounded spoonfuls of dough into balls and roll into sugar. Place cookies on lined cookie sheet about 1 1/2 inch apart. They will spread.
7. Bake 8-10 minutes
8. Let stand on cookie sheet for two to three minutes and then transfer to wire rack.
Next time I make these, I think I will add 1/2 tsp. of coconut extract at the same time as the vanilla. As is, this recipe turns out heavy on the lime flavor and not so much on the coconut, they taste like a mild key lime pie, which is delicious, but I want more of a hit of coconut.
Let me know if you make these and how they turn out!
