White Chocolate Chip Lemon Cookies are loaded with lemon flavor and white chocolate chips! Made from scratch, we used lemon in these cookies 3 ways to really make them burst with lemon flavor!
Lemon zest, lemon juice and lemon pudding! Seriously, these are the perfect cookies to break out for spring and summer bites of sunshiny delight!
What I love about these cookies are their yellow color! We didn't use yellow food coloring, but the lemon pudding really makes them pop with 'sunshine' yellow!
And those white chocolate chips? We cannot even stop drooling.
So, what else do you need to know about these White Chocolate Chip Lemon Cookies?
- They are super easy to make! It does require a mixer, but you can do everything in one bowl!
- You don't have to chill the cookie dough. As a matter of fact, you don't have to bring the eggs and butter to room temperature. Take the butter and pop in the microwave for 15-20 seconds to get the butter not so chilled but still has structure.
- 3 kinds of lemon! Lemon juice, lemon zest and lemon pudding! We got the lemon covered!
- Instant lemon pudding and Greek yogurt (or sour cream, depending which you use) make these cookies so soft, fudgy and deliciously addictive.
- White chocolate chips and lemon are incredible together! Have you ever tried this combo? You need to!
Ingredients You Need
- granulated sugar
- softened butter
- egg
- Greek yogurt or sour cream
- lemon juice from 1 lemon
- salt
- baking soda
- all-purpose flour
- white chocolate chips
- lemon pudding mix
- lemon zest
How to Make White Chocolate Chip Lemon Cookies
- Using mixer, cream together sugar and butter for one to three minutes. Add Greek yogurt/sour cream, pudding mixture, egg and lemon juice and mix until combined.
- Add flour, salt and soda to butter mixture mixing until smooth.
- Mix in white chocolate chips and zest.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 for 10-13 minutes depending on size of cookies. Transfer to a cooling rack and enjoy!
- Do not overbake these cookies, that way they are soft, fudgy and amazing!!
These lemon cookies will definitely make the masses happy! Bring on the lemon!
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- Soft Lemon & Blueberry Explosion Cookies
- Lemon Layered Pudding Cheesecake Bars
- Top 15 Luscious Lemon and Berry Desserts
- Home-made Lemon Curd (Microwave)
- Triple Lemon Cupcakes
- Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie
- Starbuck's CopyCat Lemon Loaf
- Super Soft Lemon Glazed Sugar Cookies
White Chocolate Chip Lemon Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup softened butter
- 1 egg
- ⅓ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
- 2-3 tablespoons lemon juice from 1 lemon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 12 oz bag white chocolate chips I used Ghirardelli
- 1 small box lemon pudding mix 3.4 oz.
- zest from 1 lemon about 2-3 teaspoons
Instructions
- Using mixer, cream together sugar and butter for one to three minutes. Add Greek yogurt/sour cream, pudding mixture, egg and lemon juice and mix until combined.
- Add flour, salt and soda to butter mixture mixing until smooth.
- Mix in white chocolate chips and zest.
- Drop by rounded scoops or tablespoonfuls onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper or greased baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 for 10-13 minutes depending on size of cookies. Transfer to a cooling rack and enjoy! Do not overbake these cookies, that way they are soft, fudgy and amazing!!
Notes
- I used a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop and heaped it for my cookies. They took 12 -14 minutes.
- 1 tablespoon cookies - 10 minutes
- ¼ cup cookies - 14-16 minutes