Lemon Blueberry Cookies

These soft and chewy Lemon Blueberry Cookies are flavored with lemon zest and lemon juice and filled with juicy blueberries. The cookies are full of bright flavor and such a fun dessert for the spring and summer months!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Resting Time 30

Total Time 50

Servings cookies

Calories 173kcal

Author Ellie Haley

Ingredients

For Cookies:

2 sticks (226 grams) unsalted butter softened
1 ½ cups (298 grams) granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
zest of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 ¾ cups (330 grams) all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cup (225 grams) blueberries fresh or frozen* see note

Instructions

For Cookies:

In a large bowl with a hand mixer beat the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. About 3 minutes.
Add the eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Beat to combine.
Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk to combine.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
Fold the blueberries into the cookie dough.
Chill the dough for 30 minutes.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet and set it aside.
Scoop about 1 to 1 ½ tablespoons of cookie dough. Place on the prepared baking sheet about 3 inches apart.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on the cookie sheet.

Notes

Don’t use cold ingredients. Ensure that all of your cold ingredients are at room temperature before making your cookie dough. The ingredients will combine much easier.

Don’t over mix. You need to mix your batter until all of the ingredients are JUST combined, otherwise, you will make too much gluten and your cookies will be tough instead of soft.

Throughly dry your blueberries. The blueberries are already going to add quite a bit of moisture to the cookies. If there is ice on your frozen blueberries or water on your fresh blueberries then it could make the dough too wet.
The provided nutrition information is an estimate. The calorie accuracy is not guaranteed.

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