Key Lime Pie Cookies

Unlike with my almond and pistachio croissant cookies, key lime pie cookie recipes do exist in some form on the internet and I’m pretty sure Crumbl had a version of these, too. BUT, all of those versions are fake key lime pie cookies. What do I mean by fake? They’re a graham cracker cookie with a key lime pie-flavored frosting spread on top after baking, often made with cream cheese. Yuk! If I’m going to have a key lime pie in cookie form, I want it to be as close to the original as possible, which means baking the filling. The type of cookie most eligible to handle such a task: the humble thumb print. Usually, teeny tiny and crumbly, thumb print cookies are forgettable. When you make them absolutely massive as I do here, and ensure the cookie stays moist through a quick bake time, they become sensational.