Lemon Cookies with White Chocolate

5 from 1 vote

Lemon Cookies with White Chocolate

Tender, cake like cookies that pack some serious lemon flavor. The batter is made with fresh lemon zest and lemon juice along with plenty of white chocolate chips. The baked cookies are drizzled with a homemade lemon glaze adding some additional lemon flavor.

Prep Time15

Dough Chilling Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 198kcal

Author: Amanda Smallwood

Ingredients

For the Cookies

¾ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon lemon extract
2 tablespoons lemon zest zest of one lemon
2 tablespoons lemon juice juice squeezed from one lemon
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 ½ cup white chocolate chips

For the Lemon Glaze

1 tablespoon lemon juice juice squeezed from one half of a lemon
1 cup confectioners sugar sifted

Instructions

For the Cookies

In a large mixing bowl, melt your butter for 30-60 seconds in the microwave. Most of the butter should be melted but some lumps should remain. Allow butter to cool for a few minutes.
Add sugar to melted butter and mix until well combined.
Add eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla and lemon extract to butter and sugar. Mix well.
Add flour, baking soda and salt to the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined.
Fold in the white chocolate chips.
Scoop and arrange the cookie dough on a parchment lined sheet pan. Move tray to the refrigerator and chill the cookie dough for 30-60 minutes.
While dough is chilling, preheat oven to 350°.
Arrange the chilled balls of cookie dough on a parchment lined baking sheet leaving two inches of space between cookies. Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are just golden brown.
Remove from the oven. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

For the Lemon Glaze

Combine the lemon juice and confectioners sugar in a small mixing bowl. Whisk until the glaze is smooth. If it's a little too thin, add a few additional tablespoons of confectioners sugar.
Once cookies have cooled, drizzle them with the lemon glaze. Allow the glaze to set for 15-20 minutes before serving the cookies.

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