Lime is such a summery flavour. I felt like I should save this recipe for warmer weather, but my kitchen gets really hot in the summer. I’m pretty sure I’ll be switching to no-bake recipes for awhile, so I decided to make these while I still want to be using the oven.

This is a very lime cookie. There’s lime zest in the cookie, lime zest in the white chocolate coating, and lime zest in the sanding sugar. I ended up using the zest of three limes for just 40 cookies.

This cookie is essentially a variation on shortbread. It contains no leaveners – no eggs, baking powder or soda – but cornstarch, confectioners’ sugar and lots of butter. The dough is very crumbly, and the baked cookie is dense with a sandy melt-in-your-mouth texture. I was worried the white chocolate and sanding sugar would add quite a bit of sweetness, but they really don’t. The lime flavour really shines through.

The goal of this blog is to try a new cookie recipe every week, but I think I’m going to have to break that rule for this one. I definitely want to make these again. Next time I’ll do a double batch though – these are going way too quickly.