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Key Lime Pie Cookie Cups

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Bite-sized cookie cups filled with a creamy, tangy key lime pie filling, perfect for a refreshing treat.

Ingredients

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  • 1 package Pillsbury Ready to Bake! Sugar Cookie Dough
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • ½ cup key lime juice
  • 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk (1 can)
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • Whipped cream for garnish
  • Lime zest for garnish

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Spray a 24-cup mini muffin pan with non-stick baking spray.
  3. Roll each individual sugar cookie dough piece into a ball.
  4. Place one cookie dough ball into the bottom of each mini muffin tin cup.
  5. Bake the cookie cups for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown.
  6. Remove the muffin pan from the oven.
  7. Gently press a spoon into the center of each hot baked cookie to create a cup shape.
  8. Allow the cookie cups to cool in the muffin pan for 10 minutes.
  9. Gently remove the cooled cookie cups from the muffin pan.
  10. Place the cookie cups on a cooling rack until they are completely cooled.
  11. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, key lime juice, sweetened condensed milk, and pure vanilla extract.
  12. Pour the key lime filling mixture into a medium-sized pot.
  13. Cook the mixture over medium to low heat, stirring constantly, for 12 to 14 minutes to cook through the eggs and thicken.
  14. Remove the pot from the heat.
  15. Allow the key lime filling to cool completely.
  16. Once cooled, transfer the key lime filling into a Ziploc bag with a snipped corner or a piping bag.
  17. Pipe the key lime filling into the center of each cookie cup until filled.
  18. Garnish each filled cookie cup with a dollop of whipped cream.
  19. Sprinkle fresh lime zest over the whipped cream.
  20. Refrigerate the Key Lime Pie Cookie Cups for at least one hour before serving.

Notes

Zest your limes before you juice them for easier removal of the zest.
Roll limes on the counter with pressure to maximize juice extraction.
Check cookie cups early in the oven to prevent overbaking.
Shape cookie cups immediately after baking while they are still hot.

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