I’m obsessed with citrus desserts (hello Key Lime Pie!). If you are too, you might also want to try my Double Lemon Glazed Cookies (they get overlooked but they are one of my favorite cookies of all time!), Key Lime Cupcakes or Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Bread next! Baking Christmas cookies is one of my favorite traditions! I love this trying a few new cookie varieties every holiday season. This year I thought I would try something different and fun by participating in a virtual holiday cookie exchange with some of my blogging friends. We were each assigned another blogger in the group and tasked with making one of their signature holiday treats secretly. Check out all of my Freaky Friday recipes from past rounds! I found these new-to-me lime meltaways on my assigned site, Life Currents, and I knew I had to make them! Debi, who is the talent behind Life Currents, has so many amazing recipes to choose from, but I was limited to just her holiday recipes, which helped me narrow my search. I really wanted to make her peppermint crunch ice cream since it’s one of my favorite seasonal flavors and you know how I feel about homemade ice cream! But the assignment was cookies or candy that could be shared with neighbors and friends so I kept digging. I was also super tempted by her candied hazelnuts because they look so sophisticated and I love, love, love candied nuts. But I just couldn’t resist her beautiful, citrus-kissed and powdered sugar coated lime meltaway cookies once I saw them.
What is a meltaway cookie?
A meltaway is a specific type of cookie that is so tender and soft that it literally feels like it is melting inside your mouth. It is so incredible and irresistible that you may even find yourself eating them by the handfuls because you can’t keep yourself away.
How to make these lime meltaway cookies
You are going to lose a few cookies during the part where you toss them with powdered sugar. Some might break into smaller pieces while being tossed with the powdered sugar, but they still taste good! In fact, those are the ones everybody in my family fights over! And because the cookies are so small to begin with and there are so many of them, it’s not a huge deal to lose a few during the coating process.
Can you freeze these cookies?
Yes, you can! If you plan on freezing the cookies after they have cooled then I recommend either doing it before the powdered sugar has been applied or after thawing cookies, repeat the powdered sugar application so that they look pretty.
Do I have to chill my dough?
For these cookies, chilling the dough is essential for keeping the consistency correct. With the dough being chilled in logs, you not only make it easier to cut the dough into discs, but you also make it so that the dough is nice and cold when baked so that the cookie can retain its shape better and not get flat and chewy.
Other Citrus Recipes You’ll Enjoy
Brazillian Lemonade Limeade Meyer Lemon Pudding Cake Summer Fruit Salad with Honey Lime Poppy Seed Dressing Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Bread Lemon Icebox Cake Skillet Lemon Chicken Rice Cranberry Orange Pull Apart Monkey Bread Orange Julius Recipe
More Freaky Friday Recipes
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