In Good FlavorThese Thin and Chewy Lemon Cookies are bright and citrusy. The addition of Chobani yogurt reduces fat while maintaining tenderness and chewiness. #Madewithchmbani
It is hard to believe that Christmas is only ten days away! My husband’s family will spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with us as usual. I will also be hosting my annual holiday party for the daycare families. This year, it will be held the day after Christmas. Needless to say, there is a lot to do.
Usually, I would have already started stressing over the details and the to-do list a week ago, but this year, I am atypically nonchalant about the upcoming events. Perhaps I am finally learning not to sweat the small stuff? I hope so! It is such a good philosophy to live by! How about you? How is your to-do list coming along this holiday season?
I was inspired by Chobani yogurt for this week’s recipe. They asked me to participate in their #MadeWithChobani program to create a recipe using their yogurt. I am not compensated for writing this post, but I thought it would be fun to participate in the effort. After testing smoothie and dip ideas, all yielding unsatisfactory results, I decided to cut my losses and move on. In the end, I realized that the tanginess of the yogurt makes it a great addition to the citrusy lemon cookies. Chobani even has lemon-flavored Greek yogurt—how perfect!
Unlike the smoothie and dip, the cookies came out great after some tweaking. They turned out the way I envisioned them—sweet, lemony, and chewy. Because I reduced the amount of butter and added yogurt to my regular lemon cookie recipe, the chemistry of the cookies was affected, which changed their texture and chew.
My first batch came out dry and spongy. I made some adjustments, one of which was a tip from Alton Brown. He suggested using melted butter instead of room-temperature butter and using bread flour instead of all-purpose flour to help promote a chewy cookie. I also adjusted the sugar content, as the first batch was not sweet enough. Finally, I flattened the dough before it was baked, as it did not spread on its own.
The adjustments created awesome, flat, and chewy cookies. In fact, it was love at first bite for my husband. He already put a standing order for them every Christmas!
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Thin and Chewy Lemon Cookies
Description
These Thin and Chewy Lemon Cookies are bright and citrusy. The addition of Chobani yogurt reduces fat while maintaining tenderness and chewiness. #Madewithchmbani
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine flour, salt, baking soda, and lemon zest in a bowl. Set aside.
- Using a whisk, beat butter and sugar by hand until light in color. Beat in egg until combined. It will form a mass. Add lemon juice, yogurt, and food coloring (I use about 1/8 rounded teaspoon of yellow gel food coloring). Beat until smooth and well incorporated. Slowly add flour mixture until well blended. You may need to switch over to a wooden spoon to mix as the batter thickens. Don’t overmix.
- Spray the baking sheet(s) with cooking spray. Drop cookie dough onto the baking sheet using a 1.5-inch ice cream scoop (or scoop using a tablespoon and roll it into a ball). Place 2 inches apart. Flatten dough to no more than 1/4-inch thick using the bottom of a glass or cup to press. Dip a glass or cup into powdered sugar if it sticks to the dough.
- Bake for 7 to 9 minutes. If you don’t have baking sheet space, you might need to bake in 2 batches.
- When cookies come out of the oven, sprinkle them with powdered sugar. Transfer to a cooling rack. Store in an airtight container.
- Makes about 30 3-inch cookies.
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WOW- This cookie recipe and all of your other cookie recipes look AMAZING! I appreciate it at this very moment more than ever because we're having a cookie contest at work as we speak! I tried to make a mean batch of cookies last night and was bragging to everyone about how great they were going to be…………. bad idea. I couldn't even salvage anything to bring in!!! My husband wouldn't even taste the gooey globs of what I thought were going to be award winning cookies! So good for you, at least one of us can bake 😉
Hi Stephanie–Thank you! And I saw your cookie mishap on your blog…sorry it did not work out! We all have had a few of those!! The bright side is that we can look back on them and laugh. I forgot to add water to one of those Chinese noodle soup packages and incinerated the whole thing in the microwave one time. It was a totally black smoldering mass of noodle ashes and burnt plastic. The house smelled for days. I'm sure we all lost some brain cells breathing in the toxins from that disaster!
I love Lemon Cookies, can't wait to taste this recipe. Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a very special Christmas week!
Miz Helen
Thank you. I hope you'll try them!! Happy Holidays!