Coconut and Lime Sugar Cookies
Servings 24 +/-
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer
- Wire Cooling Rack
Ingredients
- 2¾ cups of flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1½ cups of white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1-2 vanilla beans seeds removed (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
- Zest of one lime
- 3 tbsp lime juice
- 1 cup of coconut
- White sugar for rolling cookies
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat mat.
- Combine the flours, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Using a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Slice the vanilla bean down the center lengthwise without cutting all the way through the underside.
- Take the back of your knife and scrape out all the seeds from inside the bean. Place the seeds into the sugar mixture.
- Add the egg, lime juice, and lime zest to the mixture, then beat with a hand mixer or in a stand mixer until well combined.
- Gradually mix in the dry mixture and the coconut into the sugar mixture until combined. Don't overmix.
- Roll the dough into small balls, then place the balls in a bowl of white sugar (about ½ cup). Roll the balls in the sugar, then put them on the lined baking sheet about 1½ inches apart.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire cooling rack. Enjoy.