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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Eggless Nutty Key Lime White Chocolate Chip Cookies


I decided to make the Key Lime Cookies again without eggs this time.   I also wanted to bake them for 15 min so they are chewy and not crispy and I also wanted to make them less sweet.
What can I say...I did it !! Baked them to  perfection... chewy and less sweet. 
They turned  out so yummy that you can't just eat one !!
Modified some of the ingredients as follows.



 Ingredients: 
  • 1 cup roasted salted or unsalted pistachios 
  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 2 cups AP flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks) 
  • little less than 1 cup of granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 (Large and Juicy) will yield 1/4 cup of juice and 2 tsp of grated lime rind
  • Little less than 1 cup of white chocolate chip morsels
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla
  • 1/2 cup of powdered sugar to sprinkle on cookies

















Method:
  • Preheat the oven at 350 F.
  • Sift and mix flour, salt, baking powder together, set aside.
  • Chop pistachio and then walnuts in food processor, set aside.
  • Mix and cream the butter, granulated sugar and 1/4 cup of powdered sugar in a mixer until light and fluffy.

  • Grate the lime and take the juice out as shown here.
  • Pour and mix in lime juice and lime peels/rind.
  • Add flour mix at low speed then add nuts and mix at low speed.
  • Fold it the white chocolate chips. Use hand at this point to mix the contents.
  • Grease the cookie sheets (I made these in two batches)
  • Scoop the cookie dough with ice cream scoop and make rounds with palm of your hands.
  • Once you place them on cookie sheets, make them flat and make a grid like impression with fork.
  • Bake at 350 F for 15 min, do not over bake them, even if they look a little soft when you take them out of oven.
  • Take them out of oven and  leave them on cookie  sheet.
  • Sprinkle/sift powdered sugar on them while they are still warm.
  • Cool completely and store them in airtight container.



















This recipe yields 30-32 cookies.
Recipe and Photographs by Surekha

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