As much as I love chocolate and baking with chocolate, it's always nice to find a tasty non-chocolate recipe too. This one is from The Women's Weekly Easy Cakes & Biscuits book and has been on my radar for a while... but I kept forgetting to buy the limes. And grating the limes proved to be the most tricky part of the process. Other than this step, these are really easy to make. An absolute winner with all the boys... and even my particularly fussy Dad gave them the tick of approval. More of a cake than a cookie though, I have to say. Soft and sweet and delicious.
Cream Cheese, Coconut & Lime Cookies
250g Butter, softened
90g cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind
1 cup (220g) firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups (185g) plain flour
1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
1/2 cup (40g) desiccated coconut
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease oven trays, line with baking paper
Beat butter, cream cheese, rind and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer
until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Transfer mixture to large
bowl; stir in sifted flours and coconut, in two batches
Roll level tablespoons of dough into balls; place about 5cm apart on trays
Flatten slightly. Bake about 15 minutes; cool on trays.
Thanks for sharing this, I love finding recipes that are a little bit different to what I normally make. They look yum! x
ReplyDeleteYum! Almost everything I bake involves chocolate!
ReplyDeleteSound like my kind of cookie. Will have to give it a try, my mum has the biggest lime tree i sydney!
ReplyDeleteYou had me at cream cheese, coconut and lime! YUMMO!
ReplyDeletecould the ingredients be any better. they look sensational. i bet they taste good too. i am off these at the moment - 2 kilos lighter already. so will bookmark for another day. xo
ReplyDeleteWhat a great combo. It always pays to have a few chocolate alternative recipes up your sleeve :)
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Oh I love seeing your baked goods! They always make my mouth water. You're such a clever cookie (pardon the pun). x
ReplyDeleteOh, they sound and look amazing!! Must try as I love lime. And anything that goes with it!! Thanks for sharing julie!!! X
ReplyDeleteooooh yum, will have to try these! x
ReplyDeleteThanks for this J, Hubby has been at me recently to make something that doesn't contain chocolate and this fits the bill!!
ReplyDeleteum, oh my, yes please! hope you have been well mama! x ashley
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