Lemon Pudding Cookies

Lemon Pudding Cookies are filled with lemon flavor and white chocolate chips. The pudding mix makes these cookies extra soft and delicious.

My Lemon Pudding Cookies are full of texture and flavor. They are soft, chewy, and the lemon flavor is perfection. All the ingredients really come together to create the perfect batch of cookies. This recipe is one I make quite often. I even make these in the winter time when I need a dessert that is bright and reminds me of the summer sun.

LEMON PUDDING COOKIES

Instant lemon pudding mix is the star of the show in these cookies. It creates the most soft cookie you’ll ever eat. No crisp cookies in the batch! The freshly grated lemon zest brings a layer of brightness that can’t be beat. There is nothing like fresh ingredients, no matter the recipe. These combined with rich white chocolate chips create a well-balanced treat that will have you reaching for your second before you’ve finished your first. 😊

INGREDIENTS

• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup salted butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant lemon pudding mix
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 bag (11 ounces) white chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 375° F. Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment paper or a silpat. Place both sugars and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle in the lemon zest. Beat together until creamy and combined. Add pudding mix, eggs and vanilla extract. Beat until combined.

In a separate medium bowl- combine flour, baking soda and salt. Whisk together. Slowly add this mixture into the wet ingredients just until combined. Don’t over mix. Stir in the white chocolate chips by hand. Drop cookie dough by rounded tablespoons onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake for only 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on cookie sheets. Serve and enjoy!

SERVINGS

This recipe makes 30 cookies. Now, depending on how much your family loves this kind of cookie depends on the serving size! My husband Kale is a cookie monster and can have 4 in one sitting. They are that irresistible!

BAKING TIME

With 10 minutes of prep time, and only 10 minutes of baking time, these cookies are ready to eat in less than 30 minutes. It’s one more reason I love this recipe so much. The work is just as light as the flavor of these cookies. This is a great recipe to pull out if you need to come up with something sweet in a short amount of time. 

ENJOY THIS RECIPE? TRY THESE OTHER LEMON DESSERTS!

• Heavenly Lemon Oreo Dessert – This layered, and light dessert, has vanilla Oreo cookies, a cream cheese filling, and lemon pudding, and whipped cream topping.
• Glazed Lemon Brownies – Not your traditional brownie! Lemon infused, blonde brownie base with a sweet and tart lemon glaze on top.
• Lemon Loaf Cake – This cake loaf is as bright as the summer sun! Lemon zest infused loaf cake with a light lemon glaze frosting on top.
• Lemon Sugar Cookies with Lemon Frosting – Could there be any more lemon?! I don’t think so! Soft, chewy lemon sugar cookies with a zesty and bright lemon frosting.

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Lemon Pudding Cookies

Delicious and super soft lemon cookies with white chocolate chips!

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 30

Author Holly

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup salted butter softened
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 1 box (3.4 ounces) instant lemon pudding mix
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 bag (11 ounces) white chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment paper or silpat liners.
• Place both sugars and butter into the bowl of a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl. Add the lemon zest. Beat together until creamy and combined.
• Add pudding mix, eggs and vanilla extract. Beat until combined.
• In a separate medium bowl- combine flour, baking soda and salt. Whisk together. Slowly add this mixture into the wet ingredients just until combined. Don’t over mix. Stir in the white chocolate chips by hand.
• Drop cookie dough by rounded tablespoons onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake only 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheets. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Nutrition Info: 1 cookie = 183 calories / 13 fat / 22 carbs / 2 protein

Recipe yields 30 cookies.

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