Sweet bursts of cool citrus flavor in these key lime cookies is such a tiny fun surprise! Love key lime pie? You’ll love these little key lime tea cookies!
As your oven is preheating, zest and just your limes.
Combine butter and sugars and all other cookie ingredients in a large bowl or fitted stand mixer.
Beat at a low speed to combine, scraping the side as needed.
Chill dough in flat disk shape, rolled between sheets of parchment or wax paper (as pictured) for 1-2 hours until firm.
Roll dough on a floured surface and cut into desired shapes. For the cookie cutter shape pictured, I used this cookie cutter. Ours were around ¼ of an inch thick, but you could leave them up to ½ an inch thick depending on desired thickness.
Place on ungreased baking sheets (I always line with a silpat or parchment paper).
Bake for up to 8 minutes - see notes below on baking times.
Allow them to cool completely.
Frosting
As cookies are cooling, make your delicious lime frosting! Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl.
Beat at a medium speed in your stand mixer until combined.
Using a frosting tip or even a plastic bag, pipe a dab of frosting onto each cookie and enjoy!
Notes
Bake for 7-8 minutes tops if you’re making them as tiny as they are pictured in these images… you might need to go a touch longer for larger or thicker cookies.
Just watch your oven time carefully – cookies won’t be brown at the correct baking time!
Use a frosting tip or even a ziploc bag with the corner cut off for frosting these simple cookies.