Description
Buttery cookies infused with lime zest and juice, topped with a hint of turbinado sugar, perfect for celebrating Cinco de Mayo. Served as ice cream sandwiches with vanilla ice cream and lime sherbet.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 5 teaspoons grated lime rind divided
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon table salt
- 1 teaspoon turbinado sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 2 cups vanilla reduced-fat ice cream softened
- 2 cups lime sherbet softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, cream together softened butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and mix until fully incorporated.
- Stir in 5 teaspoons grated lime rind (reserve half) and 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice.
- In a separate bowl whisk together all-purpose flour, baking powder, table salt, and the remaining lime rind; then fold into the wet mixture until just combined.
- Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto the prepared sheet, spacing 2 inches apart.
- Sprinkle each cookie with a pinch of turbinado sugar and coarse sea salt.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden; let cool on the sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack.
- While cookies cool, soften the vanilla ice cream and lime sherbet, then scoop a generous round of each onto the flat side of a cookie and press another cookie on top to create a sandwich; repeat with remaining cookies.
- Serve immediately or freeze for later.
Notes
For extra festivity, garnish the cookies with a thin slice of lime zest before serving.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 30mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
Keywords: lime, margarita, cookies, Cinco de Mayo, dessert