Key Lime Cookies

These soft, cake-like treats are like key lime pie in cookie form, made with white chocolate chips to boot!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 106 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 large egg
• cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons Key lime zest
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
• 1.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.25 cup white sugar
• 0.5 cup light brown sugar
• 0.5 cup butter, at room temperature
• 0.5 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray or line with silicone baking liners.

Step 2

Combine cream cheese, butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract until smooth. Slowly beat in flour, baking powder, and salt. Fold in white chocolate chips and lime zest.

Step 3

Drop teaspoonfuls of cookie dough onto the prepared cookie sheets, leaving about 1 inch between each cookie.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are set and lightly browned around the edges, 10 to 14 minutes.