Tasty, chewy and soft, these Lemon White Chocolate Cookies are just great! They are certainly among the best and the easiest cookie recipes you can find!
About the recipe
These cookies are soft, with refreshing and rich taste and very simple.
You can prepare them in less than two hours from scratch, including chilling time and baking.
If you are looking for a perfect lemon and white chocolate dessert, look no further!
If you love cookies with citrus flavor, why not try the super chewy and soft Lemon Blueberry Cookies or the Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sprinkles!
What ingredients you need
You need very simple ingredients for this recipe.
Here is a list of the main ones. The complete list with quantities is in the recipe card below the post:
- butter
- granulated sugar
- white chocolate chunks or chips
- 1 egg
- all purpose flour
- baking powder and salt
- lemon zest and/ or lemon extract
About the preparation
Apart from very delicious these cookies are also very quick and easy. They don't need any special preparations and elaboration.
The whole process is just mixing quickly the ingredients in a bowl with a hand whisk, refrigerating and then baking.
- Start by melting the butter and then whisking it with the sugar. Add the egg and the flavors.
- Then gradually add the dry ingredients. At the end add the chocolate chunks to the dough.
- Refrigerate the cookies for about 60 minutes before baking them. That will help them spread less and make the texture softer.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350° F/ 180° C.
Recipe tips
- These cookies can be prepared with white chocolate chips or with white chocolate block broken into pieces. I prefer the second option because the broken chocolate releases much more flavor into the dough.
- Make sure you refrigerate the dough but don't keep it in the fridge overnight. It will become too stiff and hard to shape.
- The cookies will be soft and even fragile when you remove them from the oven. Give them a few minutes to cool down and hold shape before moving them to a wire rack.
Your morning or afternoon coffee will be brought to another level with these cookies! They might even become one of your favorite recipes, especially if you are into lemon and white chocolate!
Let me know in the comments if you made the recipe! Please rate it so others can benefit from your opinion!
If you are a fruit lover and you like cookies, I recommend you the decadent Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies or the Soft Apricot White Chocolate Cookies!
📝 Recipe
Soft Lemon White Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients
- 150 g white chocolate, chopped into small chunks
- 125 g butter
- 1 large egg
- 250 g all purpose flour
- 150 g granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅓ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- zest of 1 organic lemon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium bowl combine flour, salt and baking powder.
- Place the butter in a small bowl over a pan of simmering water. Whisk until almost melted. Remove from heat and whisk until melted completely.
- Transfer the butter to a large bowl. Add sugar and whisk shortly with a hand whisk. Add egg, vanilla, lemon zest and lemon extract and whisk until combined. Gradually add the flour mixture, mixing gently with a wooden spoon until just absorbed. Add the white chocolate pieces and mix shortly to distribute them around the dough.
- Leave the dough in the bowl and cover with cling film. Refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F). Place the oven shelf on the top position in the oven.
- Line 2 large baking tins with parchment paper.
- With your hands make balls out of the dough and arrange them on the prepared tin. Leave a reasonable distance between the cookies, depending on their size.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cookies start to get brown on the edges.
- Let them cool on the tin for 5-10 minutes (they will be too soft and fragile when hot).
- Transfer with a spatula to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Store the cookies for 3-4 days in airtight containers at room temperature. In the fridge they can last up to 7 days.
- You can also freeze them up to 2 months
- Granulated sugar can be substituted by light brown sugar but the cookies will be a bit darker.
Надя says
Благодаря много за предоставената рецепта. Много са вкусни сладките. Станаха ми любими.
Daniela says
Много се радвам, Надя! Благодаря за обратната връзка 🙂
Neli @ Delicious Meets Healthy says
Izglejdat mnogo vkusni! 🙂 Love the white chocolate & lemon combination!
Daniela says
Thank you, Neli! I fell in love with that combination too!