Description
I’ve always liked bizarre cookie flavors. This came to me after I discovered the main ingredients of a favorite drink incorporated well into a cookie! The wonderful sandiness of a sugar cookie contributes to a slight effervescent feeling on the tongue as mint, rum, and fresh lime flavors play on the palate.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 3 limes, zested
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon mint extract
- 1 teaspoon rum extract, or more to taste
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Cream sugar
- butter
- and lime zest together in a medium mixing bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs
- fully incorporating 1 at a time. Mix in vanilla extract
- mint extract
- and rum extract.
- Sift flour
- baking powder
- and salt together in a separate bowl. Mix into the egg mixture about 1/3 at a time
- making sure flour is fully incorporated before adding the next batch.
- Let chill in a refrigerator to allow the lime zest to impart greater flavor into the batter
- up to 1 hour. Remove and allow to return to room temperature
- about 20 minutes.
- Spoon tablespoons of batter onto ungreased baking sheets
- leaving about 2 inches between each cookie.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are light golden brown
- about 10 minutes
- turning halfway through baking time. Allow to cool on the cookie sheets.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Servings: 36