Lemon Cheesecake Pudding Cookies Recipe

Enjoy these fresh and easy to make lemon cheesecake pudding cookies today! They are so soft and chewy with the delicious lemon flavor.

Lemon cheesecake pudding cookies are one of a kind. They are super simple to make, but not your standard chocolate chip cookies, they are better! 

Lemon cheesecake pudding cookies are such a nice change and perfect for spring. Since these are cookies made with pudding, it also makes them super soft. 

I will say, if you are looking for a new favorite family dessert, this might just be it! And if they are, embrace it because it is one of the most simple dessert recipes you can make. Not to mention they are, of course, delicious. 

For more amazingly flavorful yet simple cookie recipes, you need to check out our banana cream pudding cookies, M&M pudding cookies, and our white chocolate cranberry pudding cookies. 

Ingredients You’ll Need For Our Lemon Cheesecake Pudding Cookies Recipe:

• Cream cheese 
• Shortening
• Eggs
• Sugar
• Salted butter
• Instant lemon pudding mix
• Almond extract
• Baking soda
• Baking powder
• Salt
• All-purpose flour
• White chocolate chips

How To Make Our Lemon Cheesecake Pudding Cookies Recipe:

Start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats. 

Now, add the softened cream cheese, shortening, eggs, and sugar to a mixing bowl and mix it all together until it is well combined for about 1 minute. 

Then add in the melted butter and instant lemon pudding mix and continue creaming the ingredients together for another minute.

Next, add the almond extract to the wet ingredients and mix it together until they are combined. 

Now, in a small bowl sift together the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and all-purpose flour. 

Once it is all sifted together, add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and continue to mix them together until it is all combined. 

Now pour in the white chocolate chips into the batter and stir them in. 

When that is all set, drop a spoonful of dough onto the prepared cookie sheets until they are filled. 

Then put the pan in the oven and let the cookies bake for 8-10 minutes or until the tops and edges are starting to turn brown. 

Let the cookies cool on the pan for 3-5 minutes and then move them to a cooling rack to allow them to finish cooling down before serving them (if you can wait!). 

To Make Lemon Pudding Cookies You Will Need:

1. Large mixing bowl
2. Cookie sheets (THESE are great!)
3. Silicone mats or parchment paper
4. Small mixing bowl
5. Hand mixer 
6. Spatula

What to do if You do Not Have Salted Butter

This recipe calls for salted butter as opposed to unsalted butter. Since this is a sweet recipe, you will need the added salt to balance it out, so what do you do if you do not have any salted butter in your fridge? 

 I have been in this pinch many times since I like to bake according to my mood, and my pantry or fridge cannot always accommodate. 😉 So if you don’t have any salted butter, take a look at Sally’s Baking Addiction’s blog about salted butter vs. unsalted butter to get the perfect substitute ingredient portions to make what you have work. 

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Serves: 30

Lemon Cheesecake Pudding Cookies Recipe

These soft cookies are bursting with lemon flavor and are absolutely delicious. 

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 3 ounces cream cheese softened
• ¼ cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 Tablespoons salted butter melted
• 1 (3.4 ounce) box  instant lemon pudding mix
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat, set aside.

• Add softened cream cheese, shortening, eggs, and sugar to stand mixer or large mixing bowl. Cream together for one minute. Add melted butter and pudding mix and stir for an additional minute. Add almond extract and mix until combined.

• In a smaller separate mixing bowl, sift together baking soda, baking powder, salt and flour. Add dry mix to wet ingredients and mix until completely combined.

• Fold in white chocolate chips.

• Place spoonfuls of dough on prepared baking sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes until tops and edges are starting to turn golden brown and cookies are lightly set (make sure to not overbake!). Cool on pan for 3-5 minutes before transferring to cooling racks. Allow to completely cool before serving.

Notes

• This recipe calls for salted butter as opposed to unsalted butter. Since this is a sweet recipe, you will need the added salt to balance it out.

Nutrition

Calories: 140 kcal · Carbohydrates: 19 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 7 g · Saturated Fat: 3 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 20 mg · Sodium: 131 mg · Potassium: 37 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 10 g · Vitamin A: 103 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 24 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Recipe Details

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Recipe slightly adapted from Good Life Eats

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About The Author:

Camille Beckstrand

Camille Beckstrand is married to Jared and they have 4 kids.
She loves a good true crime podcast, a big plate of cheesy loaded nachos, and going on adventures with her family.

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