For a Memorial Day barbecue, I wanted to make a new dessert that wouldn't require me to head to the grocery store. As I was looking through the fridge, primarily to see if I had any eggs and butter, and I noticed two limes sitting on one of the door shelves. I thought to myself — I make and see baked goods with lemon (lemon bars, lemon ricotta cookies) all the time, why not use limes? And I had just purchased my first microplane the day before, so I think citrus and zesting were on my mind. Unlike my general inclination to look for recipes on the internet as a first resort, I actually did try to look in some of my magazines for a lime-flavored recipe that wouldn't use more than 2 limes. Unfortunately though, I couldn't find anything in at least the handful that I flipped through, so defaulted back to the internet to find something. I went back and forth on a few different recipes on Allrecipes.com, and ended up selecting the linked recipe for Spring Lime Tea Cookies because it met my requirement of using ingredients I had available at home, came up with the perfect amount of cookies for this event (24), and seemed relatively straightforward and quick.
True to my initial impression, this recipe was incredibly easy and fast to make (especially with a microplane, which I highly recommend you purchase), and the cookies were really, really tasty and super-light (almost had the consistency of the lemon ricotta cookie I like so much). I ended up omitting the glaze because it made the cookies have way too much lime and sugar flavor, and detracted from how airy and pop-able these cookies are. Needless to say, these were a big hit at the party, despite folks asking "wait, these are LIME cookies??" before trying them 🙂
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