Lemon and Lime Cookie Crisps are light and fluffy on the inside with a crispy bottom. With a burst of refreshing citrus flavour, these are the perfect after dinner dessert!
If you love citrusy flavours, these are the cookies for you. They are soft on the top and through the middle, yet crispy and golden on the bottom. They are sweet and tart; the perfect cookie to accompany a hot cup of tea.
Lemon and Lime Cookie Crisps will most likely disappear rather quickly – at least they did in our home – so I would highly suggest you get your share right away. After all, you’re the baker!
I’m not a huge fan of sweet desserts, and to be quite honest, lemon is more a flavour that John.e craves, but when it comes to lime, I cannot get enough. That’s why this particular cookie recipe was the perfect cookie for the both of us.
I can’t say that I’ve heard McKenna say anything about her lemon/lime preference, but she sure did love these cookies. She took three cookies to school in her lunch tote at least two or three days in a row.
A cookie like this one, is a great little add in to making simple vanilla ice cream extra special. Whenever you have a heavy meal, such a soup or stew, or a heavy meat and potatoes type dish, a small dessert is just what you need to top off a lovely dinner.
Crumble a few of these Lemon and Lime Cookie Crisps over top of a scoop or two of good vanilla ice cream. Your family and/or guests will love it! It’s quite light and refreshing.
Lemon and Lime Cookie Crisps
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lime zest
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar
Instructions
- Cream together the butter and the sugar.
- Add the egg, one tablespoon of the lemon juice, one tablespoon of the lime juice, the lemon zest, 1 tablespoon of lime zest, and vanilla. Mix together.
- Add the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and flour. Combine until all ingredients are well mixed.
- Using a small ice cream scoop, place equal amounts evenly spaced on a baking sheet that has been lined with a Silpat pad or parchment paper. The dough is quite wet and sticky, so a spring-form ice cream scoop is highly recommended.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool on the baking sheets for five minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
- Once completely cooled, prepare the icing by whisking together 1 1/2 cups of confectioners’ sugar with 1 tablespoon each of lemon juice and lime juice.
- Depending on the consistency of the prepared icing, you might need to add a little more juice or sugar to obtain a silky smooth icing.
- Drizzle the icing onto the cooled cookies. Sprinkle the remaining lime zest over top before icing hardens.
- Allow the icing to completely set and harden before packaging or storing the cookies.
Dionne Baldwin (@dionnebaldwin) says
You had me at cookie, especially with the soft top and crisp bottom. I’d love to try these along with fresh raspberries just as you suggested!
Life With Lorelai says
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Heidy L. McCallum says
These look soo wonderful, lemon is such a wonderful flavor we forget about so often. Thanks for the reminder. Perfect recipe to try out.
byronethomas@gmail.com says
Thanks Heidy! I’m not accustomed to using lemons in cooking, but my partner loves the flavour of fresh lemon juice so much that I’m starting to adopt it into my foods. This recipe was right up his alley!
strawberryblondiekitchen says
Oh these looks delicious! I love citrus!
Diane and Lisa (@those2girls) says
I love when citrus is added to baked goods. It brightens the flavour
Jen @ freshcrush says
I can’t even tell you how perfect these sound to me! Wow! Delicious… definitely pinning!
byronethomas@gmail.com says
Thanks, Jen!
Denice says
Fantastic! I made them with fresh lemon and lime, added a little extra zest. So light and tangy!
Sheila Zeller says
These cookies sound like the perfect cookie for me! I love citrus anything, and to have the lemon/lime blend in a cookie is almost too good to be true! Heading off to pin your recipe, but I wanted to mention how much I love your photographs. They are really beautiful, in all your posts.
byronethomas@gmail.com says
Thank you so much, Sheila. I really appreciate your warm and generous compliments.
Christine says
These cookies look so perfect for summer – There is nothing like fresh lemon and lime zest!
byronethomas@gmail.com says
I couldn’t agree with you more, Christine. 🙂
Caroline says
These cookies are a hit!! Everyone loves them. Light and not to sweet. A perfect sweet bit to top off a grilled, summer dinner. I’m wondering – can these be frozen?
byronethomas@gmail.com says
Thank you, Caroline. Yes, they can be frozen.