Fresh Raspberry Lemon Cookies with Glaze

4.86 from 7 votes

Fresh Raspberry Lemon Cookies with Glaze

These Fresh Raspberry Lemon Cookies are absolutely bursting with flavor! It's like summer in the shape of a cookie. There are fresh (frozen) raspberries in the dough, and fresh lemon juice and zest. The glaze puts them over the top!

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Total Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 236kcal

Author: The Food Charlatan

Ingredients

For the cookies

4 tablespoons butter softened
4 tablespoons butter flavored shortening
1 cup white sugar
1 lemon Lemon Zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice fresh
1 large egg
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup frozen raspberries still frozen

For the glaze

3 tablespoons lemon juice fresh
1 & 1/2 cups powdered sugar or more
fresh raspberries to garnish

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat. Don't get the raspberries out of the freezer yet, leave them in until the very last minute.
In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat together the butter and shortening for 1-2 minutes, scraping the sides and bottom.
Add the sugar and lemon zest and beat well, another 1-2 minutes, until fluffy.
Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and the egg. Beat well.
Add 2 cups of flour but don't mix yet. Use a small spoon to stir the baking powder, baking soda, and salt into the flour. Beat until almost combined (It will have formed a dough but there might still be streaks of flour.)
Get the raspberries out of the freezer. Measure out 3/4 cup onto a cutting board and chop roughly with a sharp knife. You want each raspberry to be at least chopped in half but not much more than that. Break up any big clumps.
Carefully stir the raspberries into the dough with a spatula or wooden spoon. Don't over mix; you want there to be sections of lemony dough that don't have raspberries in them. If you mix too much it will turn all the dough pink.
Use a cookie scoop to immediately shape all the dough. You should get about 15 cookies. Add 6-8 to the prepared pan, at least 2 inches apart.
Bake at 350 for 14-15 minutes, or until the edges have barely turned golden. Make sure that the top of the cookie is not too shiny. If it still looks raw in the middle, leave it in for another couple minutes.
Once you have the cookies in the oven, immediately shape the other cookies and place on a plate or another prepared baking sheet, if it will fit in your freezer. Place the plate in the freezer (otherwise the raspberries will start melting and get liquid everywhere. You need them to go in the oven frozen.)
Bake the remaining cookies right away once the oven is free. Bake them the same amount of time.
If you want to save the other cookies for later, transfer the shaped dough to a ziplock freezer bag. You can freeze it for up to 2 months. (I do this with all my cookies! Cookie dough freezes beautifully.) Don't thaw before baking. Just plop them on the pan and throw it in a preheated oven. You might need to increase the baking time by a couple minutes.
Let baked cookies set on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool completely. You can speed this up by putting them in the fridge or freezer if you want.
Make the glaze: in a small bowl combine 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about 1 lemon) and the powdered sugar. Add more lemon juice or powdered sugar to get the consistency you want. (I like my glaze a little thick.)
Use a spoon to glaze the cookies. Let the frosting set at room temperature. Top each cookie with a fresh raspberry.
These cookies are best served on the day you make them. Store leftover cookies in the fridge.

Notes

*Whenever I call for shortening in a cookie recipe I get people asking me if they can replace it with butter. You always can! You will get flatter cookies though.

** I HIGHLY recommend this microplane grater for zesting citrus. It is so sharp and I use it all the time! One of my favorite kitchen tools for sure.

Some discoloration will start to happen after the cookies are baked. The raspberries turn a little purple. This is normal and they still taste great, but for that reason I recommend making these on the same day you plan to serve them.

Nutrition

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