Lemon-Coconut Cookies

  4.7 – 3 reviews  • Lemon Dessert Recipes

A lemon-coconut snickerdoodle cookie that is chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 48
Yield: 48 cookies

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup butter, softened
  2. 1 ½ cups sugar
  3. 2 eggs
  4. 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  5. 2 ½ cups flour
  6. ¾ cup dried unsweetened coconut
  7. 1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
  8. 1 teaspoon baking soda
  9. ½ teaspoon lemon zest
  10. ¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Combine butter and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition. Mix in lemon juice. Mix flour, coconut, cream of tartar, baking soda, lemon zest, and salt in a separate bowl. Add to butter mixture and beat on low speed until everything is well mixed, about 2 minutes.
  3. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough onto 2 ungreased cookie sheets.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 95 kcal
Carbohydrate 12 g
Cholesterol 18 mg
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Protein 1 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Sodium 69 mg
Sugars 6 g
Fat 5 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Jon Meyer
This is a quick and easy recipe. And delicious! I made them for Easter. I doubled the lemon ingredients because I LOVE lemon and they baked just fine. Will probably add even more lemon next time. Coconut and lemon are so good together!
Barbara Willis
These cookies have become my family’s favourites. We like our lemon desserts pretty sour, so I added 1 tbsp more of Lemon Extract to the recipe and 2 tbsp more of Lemon juice, but overall just a wonderful, wonderful recipe!
Anita Morris
Other than cutting the recipe in half, I made them exactly as directed. Baking time was perfect at 9 minutes for my oven. These are exactly as the submitter describes “crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.” One word of caution is that they do spread quite a bit. They will puff up while baking, and then flatten out, pretty thin, so make sure you space them apart accordingly. I used a small cookie scoop, and my first pan I placed them too close together, and they all ran into each other. If using a half sheet pan, only go 3 across the width, and no more than 4 lengthwise. They are very tasty, and go perfect with a cup of tea.

 

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