Coconut Lime Cookies Details
Flavor: These coconut lime cookies have a refreshing summery flavor that hits the spot if you crave a unique cookie when the weather warms up. Don’t skip the glaze because it adds flavor—it also sets after a couple hours so the cookies are convenient to stack, store, and/or transport. Texture: These are soft cookies with a slightly cakey crumb. They are not nearly as cake-like as blueberry muffin cookies though. Helpful Tools: This is a pretty simple cookie recipe that requires an electric mixer. If you have a food processor, pulse the coconut a few times to break the shreds down before mixing into the cookie dough. I recommend this in our coconut macaroons and coconut cake recipes, too. Smaller pieces of coconut keep the cookie dough balls tight and compact and leave a more desirable texture. If you don’t have a food processor, just give the coconut a quick chop with a sharp knife. You can use bottled lime juice or squeeze fresh limes at home using a citrus juicer. Here is a wonderful juicer if you don’t have one and need a recommendation. And finally, make sure you have a zester. Time: Chilling the cookie dough for at least 1.5 hours in the refrigerator is a non-negotiable. These coconut lime cookies contain excess liquid (lime juice), so the dough is very soft and sticky. The colder and firmer the cookie dough, the less they’ll over-spread. As a bonus, giving the dough time in the refrigerator before baking allows the flavors to develop and settle.
Video Tutorial: How to Make Coconut Lime Cookies
Key Flavor Ingredients in Coconut Lime Cookies
Some step-by-step photos to help guide you through the recipe:
Recipe Testing: What Works and What Doesn’t
After I mastered the base recipe with enough lime juice and coconut flavor, I wanted to experiment with different finishing touches. These include rolling the cookie dough balls in confectioners’ sugar, leaving them plain, and rolling in granulated sugar. When I first envisioned the cookies, I wanted a crinkle cookie similar to my lemon crinkle cookies and chocolate crinkle cookies. However, as you’ll read below, I found their flavor lacking without the glaze. Each of the following cookies were made with the same cookie dough. If you need more cookie inspiration, today’s cookies join 25+ others on my Summer Cookie Recipes collection page. And remember baking is a science and I’m happy to share my best baking tips and test recipe variations so you don’t have to!
