Crunchy Tortilla Chip Cookies with Avocado Frosting
Author: Sherry K
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 36
Perfect for Cinco de Mayo, these crunchy cookies are a great combination with their smooth, silky avocado cream cheese frosting. Now you can make them too!
Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup crushed tortilla chips
1 cup mashed ripe avocado
2 ounces cream cheese, softened
½ cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons lime juice
⅛ teaspoon salt
zest of 2 limes
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars with an electric mixer. Add egg yolk and vanilla and combine well. Stir in flour and tortilla chips. Drop by teaspoon 1 inch apart onto a parchment lined baking sheet and flatten slightly. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 11-14 minutes, or until edges start to become golden brown.
In the meantime, combine avocado, cream cheese, powdered sugar, lime juice and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Frost cookies with avocado mixture, top with zest and serve immediately.