When the cookie dough is making you drool you know you’ve found yourself a winner. We cannot stop making this white chocolate lemon cheesecake cookie recipe now! The smell of the dough was eye rolling-ly good!
If you own our second cookbook, Raised in the Kitchen you know that our oldest daughter adores her delicate iced lemon cookies recipe and we all 100% agree. But late one evening I needed to bust out a lot of cookies for a friend and found myself a little short on what I needed.
My go-to chocolate chip cookies for feeding friends and family is actually a pudding recipe. I use an adapted version for our chocolate cookies as well because the flavor, texture and stability on the shelf are unbeatable. The pudding keeps the cookies so perfectly soft and chewy and also makes it a totally no-fail recipe. I mean, you literally could not mess those cookies up. Even better? They feed a huge crowd so it’s the best to bust out for a group.
While on my last batch I suddenly realized that I was out of the french vanilla pudding. I immediately grabbed for chocolate but once again, out! I always keep them on hand, how had I forgotten to replenish? Through searching I found a box of cheesecake and a box of lemon and as I use a large box I’d have no choice but to use two small boxes to get the job done.
What Do You Need for Lemon Cheesecake Cookies?
Grab a box of lemon pudding and a box of cheesecake pudding and the rest you probably already have in the house! The measurements for each ingredient can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post. You can also save or print the recipe from there as well. Here is what you will need to make these irresistible cookies:
- Unsalted Butter – needs to be softened so it will cream together with the sugars
- Eggs – gives the cookies their structure
- Sugar – just regular white granulated sugar
- Brown Sugar – adds richness
- Vanilla Extract – use the real deal and no imitation flavoring
- Almond Extract – just the tiniest bit enhances the flavor so much
- All-Purpose Flour – make sure to measure the flour correctly
- Salt – enhances all the flavors and cuts the sweetness
- Baking Soda – make sure your baking soda is fresh, this helps give the cookies their fluffiness
- Cheesecake Pudding Mix – measure out half the powder using a kitchen scale
- Lemon Pudding Mix – measure out half the powder using a kitchen scale
- White Chocolate Chips – we love Ghirrardeli or Guittard brand
What Does Pudding Do in a Cookie Recipe?
Adding pudding in cookie recipes makes the cookies super