Recipe for Toasted Coconut Lime Cookies
Updated April 28, 2011
I used the same base recipe. I toasted coconut and stirred about a cup into the dough. I also used a lot of lime zest. We love tart lime treats. I wanted the cookies to be pretty so I finished them with a lime glaze and additional toasted coconut.
The cookies were excellent! Another great cookie for a hot summer day.
1 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
Zest of 2-3 limes (I used 3)
¼ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
6 Tbsp. (3 oz.) unsalted butter, at room temperature
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
½ tsp. vanilla extract
⅓ cup buttermilk
1 cup toasted coconut
Glaze:
Confectioners sugar
Fresh lime juice
Lime zest
Toasted coconut
Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners. I used my Silpats. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. In a small bowl, add the sugar and lime zest. Rub them together with your fingers until well mixed. This brings out the lime flavor.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter until creamy. Add the sugar/lime mixture and beat until pale and fluffy. Add the egg, and beat well to mix. Add the vanilla, and beat on low. Mix in the flour mixture and the buttermilk in batches at low speed, beginning and ending with the flour. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Stir in the toasted coconut.
Drop the dough by level tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheets, leave about 1 ½ inches between each cookie.Bake one sheet at a time for about 11 minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for 1-2 minutes; then transfer them to a wire rack.
For the glaze, whisk together the sifted confectioners sugar, lime juice, and lime zest. I never measure, just guess until you get the right consistency and flavor. Drizzle the glaze over the cookies. Top with toasted coconut.
Those cookies look wonderful!
Cheers,
Rosa
Ahh, such a refreshing, classic flavor combination – love it!! Especially the TOASTED coconut – mmm 🙂
I bet these cookies were like a little flavor party in your mouth!
These look freaking gorgeous and you know Josh would LOVE them. Good stuff 😉 I have not tried 30 day shred but have heard such good things. Let me know how you like it!
Mmm, I love lime too, and these look absolutely delicious!
They sound like a tropical treat
Two of my favorite flavors. The cookies turned out beautiful! Great job. 🙂
What a yummy idea! I love tart treat s too and these look fab! 🙂
Those look so refreshing! I love lime and coconut, and I also love lime cookies, so these look like a winner!
Beautiful cookies! These sound like another winner… so perfect for summer!
I love lime and coconut together too, especially after I made your yummy cake recipe!
Oh – those look fantastic. I love anything with lime and love coconut too! Have to try these!
ooh, love! especially with the toasted coconut 🙂
What a great cookie! Sounds like the perfect treat for summertime!
These look delicious, Maria. It's hard to beat that combination of ingredients.
Lime and coconut…what a classic combo and it looks absolutely delicious!
Your making me so hungry. THese cookies look and sound delectable! I want to make them today!
I posted the SLC trip last night!!
These cookies sound wonderful. A prefect summer/tropical treat. YUM.
you put da lime in da coconut, maria, and i'm an immediate fan. they're very aesthetically-pleasing cookies, and i'd love 'em!
So pretty! Love your polka dots as well.
Yummy! Love the lime/coconut combo. Not sure if I ever told you I made that lime/coconut cake you posted a while back. It was so good! Made it for my friend's birthday–she loved it!
Am I the only person looking at these cookies and thinking, "She put the lime in the coconut she drank them both up…"? ;-D
I'm such a coconut fiend and these are calling my name.
I also love tangy lime in my baked goods! They're like a cocktail in a cookie form!
Such pretty cookies with that toasted coconut on top – they look delicious and addicting!
They look sssooo cute! You had a great idea to use toasted coconut!
These look really yummy! The perfect summer time cookie!
Looks like ANOTHER winner! Nice job.
Great flavor combo with the lime and coconut. Sounds perfect for summer.
You had me at toasted coconut and lime – these look PERFECT.
These would be great for Easter too.
Nice job.
I've been seeing a lot of toasted coconut cookies lately, but these look the tastiest so far!
Wow, what a wonderful flavor you have for this cookies.
You know I am a sucker for glazed cookies 🙂 Especially with a refreshing citrusy flavor!
Lime and coconut, totally good! I made some of your whole wheat sandwich bread it came out great! http://stephchows.blogspot.com/2009/07/100-whole-wheat-sandwich-bread.html
lime and coconut…droolll…have I told you lately how much I love you???
I was just on another blog and saw toasted coconut and then check into FB and see this link now all I can think about is toasted coconut.
Looks amazing as always!!!
Oh my! That combination of flavors sound so good for summer cookies. I'll definitely be making these soon.
Coconut is always a good thing!! I have a ton of lemons on hand right now – I bet these would be great with lemon as well.
Perfect summer flavors!
LOVE THIS… I am obsessed with coconut!
those are such beautiful cookies. they'd be perfect for a wedding shower or an afternoon gathering
You're a genius when it comes to playing with recipes! 😀
Ah, great I've been waiting for this recipe!! YUM!
I want one!!
These are SO cute!! My husband loves anything lime/sweet!
Yum! Now I don't know which ones to try first, these or the ones with blueberries. Both sound so good!
Yum – coconut and lime is a great combination! Your cookies look fantastic!
ahhh! You rock. Thank you for all the ideas
Maria, these cookies look wonderfully delish!
Maria
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They look lovely can you make 'em in the form of a bar? 🙂
~ingrid
these look great – funnily enough, I've been hunting around for a coconut and lime cake recipe – the flavours just seem so fresh together!