After channeling my inner Mickey Rourke and physically wrestling the remains of the Oh! Nuts dried raspberries from CK’s snack happy little hands, I was finally able to put what was left of those tasty red morsels to use in my kitchen. I often make raspberry lemon muffins on the weekends, and they were on my mind while we were rushing to meet Anna for brunch on Sunday.
During the seemingly never-ending escalator ride up to the street in Porter Square it dawned on me that raspberry and lemon combined in a cookie would probably be just about as good as it gets. Then I realized that they absolutely had to include chocolate too. So Raspberry Lemon Chocolate Chip Cookies came into “being,” if you will, on the subway.
Hot from the oven the dried raspberries are tender and give the impression that you’re eating bites of fresh jam. The combination of lemon and chocolate is decadent to say the least so make sure to have a glass of milk or two within arms reach.
Raspberry Lemon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Makes 15 large cookies
1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
6 tablespoons white sugar
6 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chocolate chunks or chips
1 cup dried raspberries
Zest of 1 lemon
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugars, salt, lemon zest, and vanilla until well combined. Beat in the egg. Scrape down the bowl using a rubber spatula and beat for a few more seconds.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix on low speed just until absorbed. Stir the chocolate chunks and dried fruit into the dough.
Using an ice cream scoop shape the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and drop them about 3 inches apart onto a silpat lined baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until edges are golden. Let sit for 2 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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These look really good Erin. I like the flavor combinations of raspberry and chocolate. It is a nice shake-up to the normal chocolate chip cookie route.
Look at all the chocolate oozing out of that cookie. Yum! What a great addition with the raspberry and lemon.
I would never have thought to put all three of these ingredients together, but they look delicious. I especially love that chocolate oozing out of the last picture.
These are so beautiful – and yummy! – they remind me of the old Mickey. The one from “Angel Heart”.
I never would have thought to put lemon and chocolate together, but those cookies look so so delicious! K x
nice and gooey, I see. LOVE those soft centers!
go you with the lemon this week! I’m so boring that I only do lemon with things like chicken. but really! the blueberries and now the raspberries! and you make muffins on the weekends? why have I not moved in yet???
all looks good, momma. and seaking of look… gonna go see if I can find your recipe for the raspberry lemon muffin. I think I need to have some soon.
I would definitely say decadent. Please toss one to me to have with my coffee…:) They look super and sound delicious!! Love the center!
I’m definitely making these for a superbowl bakeoff I was just invited to. I can’t wait to eat them!
I just found your blog and found these cookies looking so yummy! I now suddenly want to bake cookies!
What a unique combination. I can’t wait to try these out. Thanks for sharing!
I got to taste this yesterday. They were simply outstanding.
You outdid yourself Erin!
Wow,
David
I love the looks of these cookies! Great creation here!
Quite genius. The lemon flavor must burst in your mouth!
In case anyone else is looking for the Raspberry Lemon muffin recipe I mentioned in the post above you can find it here:
http://erincooks.com/2006/10/29/sunday-morning/
All I needed to see was that last picture. MMMMM.
What a wonderful idea for a cookie!
I know I could sit and eat everyone of those delicious looking cookies in one sitting lol. Yummy!
Oooooooo! Chocolate and raspberry in a cookie. Yum!
Mmmmm- those are some pretty good flavors you’ve got going on there!
Wow, they look really delicious! A great combination of flavours!
What a great combo, I would never have even thought about adding raspberries and lemons to chocolate chip cookies!
Those cookies look so nice and soft inside… my kind of cookie!
Erin,
I love the combination of chocolate & raspberries, lemon adds another element all together – what a great combination. I am going to have to give them a try!
By the way, I like the new twitter photo w/the hat. Did you make it yourself?
Mmm oh my these look so good. I never use dried raspberries since they’re harder to find and expensive but now I’m going to want to seek them out to try them in baking like this!
yum! i don’t think i’ve ever tried dried raspberries, but i’m sure they’re amazing!
Those cookies look absolutely perfect!
Those look really interesting. I will try them soon.
I am ready to sit down and take a sip and a bite!
WOW Erin – those look amazing. Send me some please
I’ve always loved the combination of raspberry and chocolate, but to have cookies with added lemon zest as well, this sure sounds like a hit!
this is so so goooddddddddddd and tempting !
Erin – I just passed along 2 awards to you. please come and pick them up at my blog:) XXXOOO
Wow… gotta say, great camera work.
love this girlfriend. great stuff… who cares they probably have 500 a piece… okay maybe not that much.
Yum! I’ve tried banana chocolate chip cookies but never with lemon! Sounds incredible. I almost can’t imagine it yet I’m drooling trying to.
Notice everyone (unless you already have), It says 1/ 2 stick butter not a 1/2 cup so only 4 T butter. Its that small amount of butter ratio’d against the eggs and flour that make these really chewy cookies
…lovely. absolutely lovely. SO delicious! this is now my new #1 cookie to make when i have a craving for sweets. i’ll make some copies of the recipe in advance, sure my friends and family will love these.
thanks for sharing*
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