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
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ cup white sugar
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 large egg
• ½ cup light brown sugar
• cooking spray
• ½ cup butter, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons Key lime zest
• ½ (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.