Extra chewy, these thin cookies are bursting with lemon flavor. You will devour these Chewy Lemon Cookies. Filled with white chocolate chips. Perfect for those who don't want a chocolate cookie!
I WENT SCUBA DIVING!! Sorry for all the caps but seriously I am amazed at myself. You see, I do not like going far into the ocean when I cannot stand because I like to be in control and the ocean you are so not in control. So the fact that I went is freaking amazing.
Also, I went TWICE!
I was in The Great Barrier Reef so I HAD to scuba dive right? That's what I was telling myself and it worked. And of course thanks to my amazing instructor, Jake, from The Atlantic Clipper Boat I was on. He was so helpful and made me feel comfortable.
The colors in the Reef are unreal. It really is like Finding Nemo- everything is so rich and vibrant. I was amazed. I originally told Jake I was going to hold on to him the whole time and that we would be besties by the time this was over but then when we were down there I was like let go of me I want to explore! LOL he was so confused!
Then the second day there was a second dive and me and my sister looked at each other like YOLO let's do it again!! And so glad we did. We were able to touch, hug and kiss a huge fish they call "Elvis" and also found Nemo!!
Check out this post on my Cookie Baking Tips
I was loved scuba diving and can't wait to do it again? Have you ever Scuba Dived?
These lemon cookies were a pleasant surprise for me, I fell in love. They are soft, chewy, thin cookies that I literally could not stop eating. I made some with white chocolate chips but felt the cookies were perfect without the chocolate chips, but totally up to you!
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Chewy Lemon Cookies
Extra chewy, these thin cookies are bursting with lemon flavor. You will devour these Chewy Lemon Cookies. Filled with white chocolate chips. Perfect for those who don't want a chocolate cookie!
- Total Time: 26 minutes
- Yield: 22 medium size cookies 1x
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 small box lemon pudding
- 14 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ tsp lemon extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- Zest of one small lemon
- Juice of one small lemon
- Optional: ¾ cup White Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, salt and pudding mix together and set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer combine softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Add in lemon extract then egg and egg yolk mix until fully combined, about 3 minutes. Add in zest and juice of lemon, mix until fully combined, mixture will be wet.
- Mix in the flour mixture until fully combined. Fold in white chocolate chips if using.
- Either cover with plastic wrap and chill in bowl inside the fridge for 2 hours or scoop out the balls and place on a flat sheet, cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours. ( I prefer scooping the dough out before chilling)
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with a silpt liner, if using. If you have already scoped the dough then just place dough balls on sheet or roll out dough into 3 tablespoon size balls. I use a cookie scoop to create uniform cookies. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Mine baked for 11 minutes exactly, you want the dough to be set but still shiny, this creates a chewier soft cookie. Cook longer if you like a more crunchy cookie. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
I originally made some cookies with the white chocolate chips but I prefer the cookies without the white chocolate chips.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: lemon and white chocolate recipes, lemon cookie recipes
Ashley says
Scuba diving terrifies me! haha I will do snorkeling but only if forced : ) Sounds like you had a great time though! And these cookies look delicious!
Elizabeth says
Ashley just do it!! I was terrified too but it was SOOO worth it!!!
Rachel Cooks says
These look like the perfect lemon cookies!
Elizabeth says
Thanks for stopping by Rachel! 🙂
Jona says
Really good cookies! They look so good from the pictures.
I might try them once 🙂
Elizabeth says
Thank you Jona!! LMk if you try them!
Johlene says
Can I say these cookies are pretty..is that weird..haha? I think Australia is an amazing country and I´m sorry I didn´t take the opportunity to go there when I still lived in South Africa, much easier and cheaper from there.. Happy Easter for you and your fam, may it be a blessed one! xoxo
Elizabeth says
Hopefully one day you will get there, I love it! Hope you had a beautiful Easter XO
Laura Dembowski says
I would have been way too chicken to go scuba diving, but it sounds beyond amazing! These cookies are more my speed 😉 They look yummy!
Charlotte says
My boyfriend loves lemon cookies but is SUPER picky about them. I followed this recipe extremely closely, with the white chocolate chips. He loves them, says they are his favorite lemon cookie he's ever had. I don't even like lemon and I like them.
★★★★★
Elizabeth Waterson says
Charlotte thank you so much for coming back to let me know that you both enjoyed the cookies. It really does make my day!! So happy your boyfriend loved them!! XX Liz