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Key Lime Pie Cookies

Thick and chewy graham cookies topped with a deliciously fluffy key lime pie filling!
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 20 Cookies

Ingredients
  

Graham Cookies:

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened to room temp.
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup finely-crushed graham cracker crumbs (about 6.5 whole crackers)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Key Lime Filling:

  • 16 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 Tablespoons powdered sugar
  • ⅓ - ½ cup lime juice
  • 1 ½ Tablespoon lime zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Pinch salt

To Decorate:

  • Whipped cream for decorating
  • Key lime slices for decorating

Instructions
 

Make the Cookies:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla, and continue mixing until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add the flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon, and mix on medium-low speed until just combined. If dough still looks crumbly, use your hands to squish/knead the dough together.
  • Roll dough into balls that are a little larger than golf balls. Repeat process with more dough until you have 6 balls spaced at least 2 inches apart on the baking sheet. Using the bottom of a glass (or palm of your hand), flatten each dough ball to about 1/2″ thickness. It’s okay if the cookies form a rim on the edges.
  • Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes. Try not to overbake or you’ll end up with hard, crispy cookies. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for 3-4 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Make the Filling:

  • In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk together until smooth. Add the powdered sugar, lime juice, zest, vanilla, and salt, mixing until completely combined.
  • Scoop filling into the center of the graham cookie, spreading into an even layer. Pipe whipped cream onto the center of each cookie and top with a key lime slice, if desired.