Lime Coconut Cookies
These lime coconut cookies combine lime zest and juice with toasted coconut for a simple and chewy cookie. A bright and citrus flavored cookie that tastes like you're on a tropical vacation.
Ingredients
- ½ cup (45 g) sweetened shredded coconut toasted
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup (73.33 g) brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon (1 large) lime zest
- ½ cup (113.5 g) salted butter slightly chilled
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) coconut extract can use vanilla
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) lime juice about one large lime
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) salt
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) baking soda
- 1½ cups (187.5 g) all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Start by toasting the coconut. Melt 1 teaspoon of butter in a small frying pan, add in the coconut and cook over low-medium heat for about 5 minutes until nice and golden. Make sure you are stirring it continuously and watching it. Once done spread it out on some wax paper or a paper towel to cool while you make the cookie dough.
- Place sugars in a medium mixing bowl and add 1 tablespoon of lime zest. Rub with your fingers until the zest has become flavorful and mixed into the sugars.
- Add the butter to the bowl and beat together until light, about 3 minutes. You can also mix this by hand. Add the egg, lime juice and coconut extract and mix again.
- Slowly mix in flour, salt and soda, being careful not to over mix. I usually stop when I still have some flour remnants around the bowl. Fold in toasted coconut.
- Scoop the dough into large balls, I like to use a 3 tablespoon cookie scoop for these.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes. You're looking for a nice light golden brown around the edges. Let them sit on the pan after baking to finish cooking slightly in the middle.
Notes
The butter and eggs should still be slightly chilled from the fridge. I try to let them sit out for about 15 minutes before I begin my cookie making! The chilled butter will help hold these cookies together more.
Using the coconut extract helps to give a coconut flavor to the dough. But if you don't have that these are really good with vanilla extract also.
I have given both cups and grams as measurements. Grams will be more precise, especially when measuring flour. If you don’t have a kitchen scale, no problem! Just lightly spoon flour into your measuring cup to insure its not packed in there. Light and fluffy is the key.
Nutrition
Calories: 225kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 241mgPotassium: 52mgFiber: 1gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 283IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 1mg
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