Name: Mojito Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 21 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup white sugar; 1 lime; 2 Tablespoon mint leaves; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 egg; 2 cup flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 2 Tablespoon rum

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Here in New York it is a yucky February day complete with snow, sleet and freezing rain, so a hint of the tropics sound good right now! Sadly I won’t be in the tropics anytime soon, but a tropical cookie like these Mojito Sugar Cookies can help me dream about warm and sunny climates.

Mojitos are a traditional Cuban drink, and the simple flavors are perfect for cookies. These Mojito Sugar Cookies are made with a mixture of lime and mint, with the rum added on as a glaze.

I took my basic sugar cookie recipe, added lime zest, lime juice and mint leaves, and increased the flour a little bit to offset the extra liquid. When I have recipes that call for lime zest I sometimes skip it, because it is kind of a pain to zest citrus.

But I think it is essential in this recipe, and in addition to adding flavor, the lime zest and mint combine to make pretty green flecks in the cookies.

I decided not to add rum in the cookies, because I think the flavoring would have been lost during baking. So I made a simple rum glaze instead to drizzle on top of the cookies. If you want to make the cookies non-alcoholic you could use lime juice instead of rum for the glaze.

Or you could leave the glaze off the Mojito Sugar Cookies entirely. I ate a few before I glazed them and they were tasty!

4.82 from 11 votes

Mojito Cookies

Enjoy a taste of tropics with these Mojito Sugar Cookies.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time11 mins

Total Time21 mins

Servings:

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Ingredients

Cookies

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1 lime
2 Tablespoon mint leaves
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Glaze

1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 Tablespoon rum

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375.
Cream the butter and sugar until well mixed.
1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup white sugar
Zest and juice the lime and add the zest and juice to the butter and sugar mix.
1 lime
Put the mint leaves in a food processor to mince finely, and add to the butter and sugar mix.
2 Tablespoon mint leaves
Add the vanilla and egg to the mixture and mix until well combined.
1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 egg
Add the flour, baking soda and salt and mix until dough is firm.
2 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt
Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and squish with a drinking glass.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 11 minutes, until brown on the bottom.
Cool.
To make the glaze, whisk the powdered sugar and rum until smooth. Drizzle over the cookies.
2 Tablespoon rum

Notes

Nutrition facts are estimates.

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