Who doesn’t need an excuse for a sweet treat this week? We found a recipe for the most delicious lime-flavored icebox cookies for this week’s lime inspired eats recipe!

This week you’re lucky enough to get a history lesson, too. Do you know where the term “icebox cookies” came from? It goes back to before we had freezers and people would store the dough in a cupboard or box with a block of ice to keep it cool. The good news is, we now have freezers for that, and you can store this dough in one and bake it when you need a refreshing treat.

There aren’t many ingredients in these yummy cookies so making them would be a perfect summer activity for the kids! We found the recipe for these lime icebox cookies on SimplyRecipes.com and you can see the FULL RECIPE here. Happy baking!