Delicious Fresh mint and Lime Shortbread Cookies made with fresh mint leaves and lime zest and lime juice and powdered sugar.
If you are looking for a simple and aromatic shortbread cookie that has combo of mojito drink, then here is the Fresh mint and Lime Shortbread cookies. It is very easy to put together and made with only fresh mint and lime juice and lime zest. As St. Patrick’s Day is coming you can make this delicious and easy shortbread which hints of green from fresh mint and lime zest.
What is short bread?
Shortbread is a traditional Scottish biscuit usually made from one-part white sugar, two parts butter, and three parts of flour. Other ingredients like ground rice or corn flour are sometimes added to alter the texture. Modern recipes also often deviate from the original by splitting the sugar into equal parts granulated and icing sugar and many add a portion of salt.
The texture of shortbread varies from sandy to dense. Sandy shortbread is result of adding rice flour as one of the ingredients. For a dense structure need just flour, butter, cornstarch and sugar.
Main difference between as sugar cookies and shortbread are sugar cookies often have many ingredients including eggs, vanilla, salt and a leavening agent such as baking powder or baking soda. Traditional shortbread has four ingredients at most: sugar, butter, flour and sometimes vanilla. Also, most of the time Shortbread is thicker and denser than a sugar cookie. It also contains more butter, so the taste is richer.
How I made Fresh mint and Lime Shortbread Cookies
Fresh mint and Lime are like buddies when they are together. They make everything not only delicious perfect in every single way. That is, they become ultimate combo in mojito. Refreshing lime with fresh aromatic mint is one of kind, you can mix both mint and lime with various others combination of herbs and fruits, still this combination is topmost one.
Why I like this recipe is because it uses fresh mint, fresh lime zest and lime juice. There is no extract or artificial flavoring in this Fresh Mint and Lime Shortbread cookie recipe. Since it is a shortbread, it doesn’t have egg. Best part is the taste of mint and lime lingers in your mouth for quite some time. This recipe is adapted from Sister pie cook book
If you are looking for not overly sweet cookies, then try this fresh mint and lime shortbread cookies. I didn’t coat with powdered sugar after baking the cooking.
Tips to remember
- Finely mince the mint leaves, make sure to get fresh one, give preference to young one. Also make mint sugar mix so that mint release oil and make the shortbread more minty flavor.
- Soften the butter in room temperature so that you can easily incorporate powdered sugar.
- Use freshly squeezed lime juice rather than bottled one, as bottled ones contain preservatives.
- Feel free to bake either as round cookies or even cut out designs just I like did in this recipe.
- You can make ahead the shortbread dough and store it in refrigerator up to 2 days or you can freeze them up to 3 months. Once you are ready to bake shape the cookies and bake.
- This cookie can be stored in air tight container for up to 1 week.
Why wait venture into your kitchen garden and get some mint and grab lime and start making the delicious shortbread. Let me know how it turned out for you.
Fresh mint and Lime Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 cup 2 sticks butter soften at room temperature
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoon lime zest
- 3 tablespoon lime juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a bowl mix four, salt and mix well and set aside.
- In another bowl add mint leaves and sugar and mix well and set aside.
- In a kitchen aid mixer fitted with paddle attachment place butter, powdered sugar and lime zest and mint leaves and incorporated.
- To this incorporate lime juice and mix once again, gradually add flour and salt mixture and combine everything.
- Remove the dough and shape it into either log or a disc and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight, you can keep upto 2 days refrigerated dough.
- When you are ready to bake pre-heat oven to 350F and line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Transfer the refrigerated dough the well-floured work bench and spread it into ¼ thickness rectangle. Then cut out desired shaped and transfer to the baking sheet.
- Bake it until the sides becomes slightly golden brown about 14-16 minutes.
- Transfer the cookies to cooling rack and let it completely cool . Dust with powdered sugar before serving.
- I preferred without powdered sugar.
- Enjoy
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Debra says
Loved that little citrus zing from the lime...the most flavorful shortbread I've tasted.
Giangi Townsend says
As I am reading the recipe, my mouth is watering and my taste buds craving those super delicious lime shortbread. Holidays are here and I just printed to make them this weekend. Thank you for sharing.
Gloria says
Shortbread cookies are perfect for the holidays. I have never tried them with mint. What a wonderful idea. I will add these to my baking list.
Elizabeth says
Lime zest and mint, definitely have to try! Thanks for the recipe!
Linda says
Deliciously different cookies! Was able to use my fresh mint from the garden. Fun to make as well!
Laurie says
I will try this with lemons instead of limes. I love mint lemonade.
Chris T. Hoov says
Wow,thia is such a unique recipe! I love shortbread cookies.. Trying different flavors would be fun..
Rosemary says
Shortbread cookies are my favorite kind and didn't know about their Scottish origins. What a wonderful idea to make them with fresh mint. I'm going to have to try this recipe soon!
Chef Dennis says
Thank you for sharing more about Short bread. This is really good to know. Your recipe Fresh mint and Lime Shortbread Cookies looks really delicious and I love that they're made with fresh mint leaves.
Lizzie Lau says
Mojito is one of my favorite drinks, so I know I'll enjoy these fresh mint and lime shortbread cookies. I prefer the denser texture over the sandy texture.
Catalina says
These cookies must have a wonderful flavor! So curious to try them!
Melissa says
These fresh mint and lime shortbread cookies look yummy. They would be perfect for a tea to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I can't wait to make them.
Leslie says
Shortbread cookies are a classic favorite of mine! I've never tried this flavor before but I bet it's delicious!
Kathy says
These sound like a really interesting flavor. I have never had anything like it before. I'm really interested in trying these though.
Kristine Nicole Alessandra says
I like the flavor combination of these shortbread cookies. Lime and mint together sounds delicious. I will make these on the weekend for me to enjoy while binge watching my shows. Yay!
Jamie H says
Oh yum, yum! Cookies are a weakness for me-- I would rather have cookies than birthday cake, any day! These look fabulous. Not only tasty flavor combination, but they're so cute, too!
Marysa says
This sounds like such a nice combination of flavors. I have never made shortbread type cookies before, but I would like to give these a try.
Bonnie G says
Those look so cute and perfect for spring. The sound of the mint of the lime sound really tasty.
Tasheena says
These cookies look really yummy and perfect for spring. Looking forward to trying this recipe. It would be perfect for my guest the next time I have a gathering.
melissa chapman says
Those cookies look amazing and who does not love shortbread. I never knew why they call it shortbread but thanks for the lesson.
Tammy says
I love shortbread cookies but have never thought of using mint before. Yum.
Rog Willis says
Your shortbread cookies look so soft, which is something I can never get when I get any brand of shortbread cookies. I'm going to share this with my family!
Swathi says
Yes this one is soft and melt in mouth, we can't get that in store brought brand.
Amber Myers says
I just love this flavor combo! We love our cookies, so I'll have to make these for sure. I am all about mint treats.
Kusum says
While baking them in OTG should we keep both the rods on with fan?
Swathi says
Middle rack, both rods on (toast mode) watch from 9- 10 minutes.
Danielle says
Fabulous cookie recipe that is an absolute keeper. I will need to make a big batch of these and enjoy throughout the week. I love that this recipe is all about lime, too!