Lemon Blueberry Cookies Recipe
These tart and sweet Lemon Blueberry Cookies will have your taste buds dancing. Fresh fruit mixed with white chocolate chips all wrapped up and baked into a scrumptious cookie!
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 152kcal
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter room temperature
- 4 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp lemon extract
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup fresh blueberries*
- 5 Tbsp granulated sugar for rolling
Instructions
- In a bowl of a stand mixer or using a handheld mixer cream together the butter, sugar and cream cheese until smooth and fluffy.
- Next, add in the egg, vanilla extract, lemon extract, lemon juice, and lemon zest and beat for 1 minute.
- Then, add in the salt, baking soda, and flour and mix until everything is combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and blueberries as gently as possible and try to not mash any of the blueberries.
- Add the 5 Tablespoons of granulated sugar to a small bowl and using a cookie scoop or a spoon, scoop 2 Tablespoons of dough and roll it into a ball and then roll in the sugar coating the outside and place on a freezer safe dish.
- After all the cookie dough balls have been created and transferred to a plate, freeze the cookie dough balls for 30 minutes.
- When the cookie dough is nearing the end of its freezing time, preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line your baking sheet with parchment paper. Then remove the cookie dough balls from the freezer.
- Bake the cookies for 18-20 minutes or until they are a light golden brown around the edges.
- Finally, serve and enjoy!
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Notes
*The firmer the blueberries are the easier they are to fold in and there is less of a chance of them bursting.
You can store these blueberry lemon cookies in and airtight container on your counter for up to 1 week.
To freeze these cookies, you can place them in an airtight container in your freezer for up to 2 months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 152kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 126mg | Potassium: 34mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 171IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
