Lemon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies arranged flat, close to one another.

5 from 2 votes

Lemon chocolate chip cookies with a lovely lemon flavor that pairs so wonderfully well with dark chocolate, bringing these chocolate chip cookies to a whole new level altogether!

Prep Time15

Cook Time12

Total Time27

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 86.9kcal

Author: Priya Maha

Ingredients

190 g self raising flour
150 g butter salted
75 g granulated sugar
50 g soft brown sugar
2 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind about 2 lemons
1 egg yolk
150 g dark chocolate chips

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 170°Celsius.
Beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until creamy.
Add egg yolk and continue beating until well incorporated.
Add flour into the creamed mixture followed by the lemon zest.
Stir in 100g of the chocolate chips and mix with a spatula to distribute the chocolate chips evenly.
Rest the cookie dough for 2 minutes. Scoop 1 tablespoon of dough at a time and shape into round balls.
Place the dough balls well apart on a parchment-lined baking tray. Press remaining chocolate chips onto the dough balls.
Bake the cookies at 170° Celsius for 12 minutes.
Remove cookies from the oven and let them rest for a few minutes before removing them to cool completely.

Notes

If you are in a warm climate, keep the chocolate chips refrigerated until they are ready to go into the dough. Keeping them out at room temperature can soften them and result in your cookie dough turning chocolate as you mix the chips in.

As soon as the cookie dough is mixed, it will be a little sticky to the hand. Letting is rest for about 5 to 10 minutes helps to bring it together and manageable.

These lemon chocolate chip cookies spread considerably when baking, so place them well apart on the baking tray. This is to avoid them from touching and sticking to one another when baking.

Also, when shaping the cookies, you need not flatten them, the cookies will spread on their own in the oven. If you flatten the cookies, you will end up with cookies that are overly spread and thin.

The cookies are very soft as soon as you remove them from the oven. Let them rest on the parchment paper for a few minutes before attempting to remove them for cooling.

The baking time indicated in this recipe will produce cookies that are lightly crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. If you wish to make cookies that are crispy all the way, increase the baking time by about 3 to 5 minutes.

Nutrition