These lemon pudding cookies are so soft and chewy they practically melt in your mouth! The pudding mix brings the extra chewiness and the combination of lemon zest, lemon juice and lemon pudding mix gives them the perfect lemon flavor!!
We are doing something new and exciting today! Obviously it isn't these Lemon Pudding Cookies because we all know I have had a recent obsession with both pudding cookies AND lemon!
It's my very first guest post! Hooray!
Today I'm guest posting over at The Cooking Actress while the fabulous Kayle makes the big move from NYC to Cleveland and whips her new townhouse into shape!
You are absolutely going to LOVE these soft, chewy lemon pudding cookies! They will practically melt in your mouth and are bursting with lemon flavor, so make sure you check out the full post here!
Lemon Pudding Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3.4 oz lemon pudding mix
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest (2 lemons, but only use the dark yellow part!)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, pudding mix and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Cream together butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric stand mixer with the paddle attachment until light and fluffy. Add eggs, lemon zest, and lemon juice, and beat until well combined.
- Slowly add the flour mixture, beating until just combined after each addition.
- Refrigerate dough at least 4 hours. To achieve the height of the cookies pictured, I actually rolled them into 1-inch balls, froze the dough balls for approximately 20 minutes and then baked them.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Bake 8-10 minutes or until the edges have started to lightly brown and the tops are set. [If you freeze the dough it will take several more minutes to cook –just watch them!]
Notes
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My Favorite Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies
Quadruple Chocolate Pudding Cookies
Silver Dollar Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (and one of the most pinned posts on the site)
Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies
Julie G says
Hi! Can you tell me if the pudding is instant or the cooked kind?
Lindsey says
Hi Julie! I believe it was the cooked kind but I think the instant would work just as well. Happy baking!
Rachael says
Hello, just wondering how many cookies one batch will yield
Lindsey says
I made about 18 but I got lazy and started making them larger. If you made 1" balls, it should make about 2 dozen.
Miss Kim @ behgopa says
Looks so Purdy and delicious! Kayle has some delicious looking posts on her blog too! How exciting to do your first guest post. I've had one on mine, but haven't done any myself yet. I wouldn't even know where to go for my niche haha.
I can imagine how exciting it must have been to finally meet someone face to face after being friends for so long in the blogosphere!
Lindsey says
Thanks! It was fun! I picked cookies because Kayle is all about the cookies!
As soon as I find myself in your half of our Country, we will absolutely have to meet up! I think you should probably introduce me to some KBBQ, no?
Chichi says
Can't wait try this. Never had pudding cookies and yours Lindsey look so delicious. Going to bake them soon
Lindsey says
Thanks, Chichi! I hope you do! So soft and chewy!
dina says
what fun cookies!
Lindsey says
Thanks, Dina!
Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen says
Nicely done! I love the cookies - and you're such a sweetheart for doing a guest post!
Lindsey says
It was fun! Any excuse to bake more is fine by me! And the cookies were yummy!
Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen says
I have never tried lemon pudding cookies, but I never refuse anything with sprinkles 🙂
Lindsey says
Haha! That is an excellent rule!!
Ella-HomeCookingAdventure says
Mmmmm.. I am sure they taste soo good. Never had lemon pudding cookies, didn't even thought it is possible:) Will try soon.
Lindsey says
You absolutely should, Ella!
jo@jocooks.com says
So you may find this strange to hear me say/write but I've never made pudding cookies before! How is this possible. Now that I see these cookies and those quadruple chocolate pudding cookies I feel like I've missed out on life. LOL I must make these. 🙂 Congrats on the guest post. 🙂
Lindsey says
That is crazy! The chocolate ones were my first ones too...and then I was hooked. I bought a package of pudding mix in every flavor that Kroger had! OOC!
There is a tiny part of life that you are totally missing out on. Luckily it's a quick fix 😉
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
Yayyyy!!! Thank you SOOO much Lindsey!!!
Lindsey says
Thank you!!! It was fun! It doesn't hurt that I clearly heart you!