These Raspberry Cookies are soft, fluffy, buttery, and bursting with the delicious flavors of fresh lemon and raspberries. Super quick and easy to make and everyone loves them!
Raspberry Cookie Recipe
Soft, pillowy, and cake-like, these amazing raspberry cookies are one of my absolute favorite cookie recipes. Like a breath of fresh air, these lemon raspberry cookies taste different than many of the beloved cookie classics (like chocolate chip or snickerdoodle). They taste like summer.
Don’t worry, though. These are still cookies. Buttery, sweet, and perfectly soft cookies complemented by fresh lemon and tart raspberries.
This is a cookie recipe you will find yourself making over and over.
Recipe Ingredients
- butter
- sugar
- vanilla extract
- egg
- fresh lemon juice
- lemon zest
- baking soda
- baking powder
- all-purpose flour
- fresh or frozen raspberries
I do not recommend making these cookies with bottled lemon juice concentrate. They will not taste good.
I can not speak for flour substitutes (almond flour, for example), plant-based butter or egg replacements, or sugar alternatives as I have not made this recipe any other way other than as it is written.
Fresh or Frozen Raspberries in Cookies?
You can make these raspberry cookies with both fresh and frozen raspberries.
If you choose to use fresh raspberries, make sure they are firm, not mushy. You can also try mixing them in a couple of teaspoons of flour before folding them into the batter. When using frozen raspberries, make sure they are completely frozen before adding them to the batter.
No matter if you use fresh or frozen raspberries, the most important thing is to not overmix in the batter.
Does one taste better than the other? Nope, they taste the exact same.
Recipe Tips
- This is a drop cookie recipe. Scoop and plop using a cookie scoop (approximately 1 tablespoon), that’s the way you do it. This means that we are not rolling these beauties into balls. The batter is far too sticky.
- Before you even START making the cookies, preheat your oven and line your baking sheets. This is especially important if you’re using frozen raspberries.
- Only when the oven is ready, the baking sheets are prepped, and the batter is mixed, should the raspberries be removed from the freezer and immediately added to the batter.
- Very gently fold the raspberries into the batter. It does not have to be perfectly mixed.
- Store the remaining cookie dough in the refrigerator until the first round of cookies has been baked, cooled, and removed from the baking sheet.
- I do not recommend making double or triple batches of this recipe at the same time UNLESS you divide the batter into separate bowls and store each individual bowl in the refrigerator (without the raspberries) until ready to bake.
Have you tried making this Raspberry Cookie Recipe?
Tell me about it in the comments below! I always love to hear your thoughts. And tag me #theforkedspoon on Instagram if you’ve made any of my recipes, I always love to see what you’re cooking in the kitchen.
RECIPE CARD
Raspberry Lemon Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter - softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg - at room temperature
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 lemon - zested and juiced
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 cup raspberries - frozen
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar on medium power until light and fluffy (approximately 3 minutes). Reduce to low speed and add the vanilla extract, egg, salt, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Mix well, scraping down the sides of the bowl when needed.
- In a separate mixing bowl, sift together the baking powder, baking soda, and flour.
- With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until just combined. Use a rubber spatula or wooden spoon and mix in the frozen raspberries (do not overmix!)
- Using a cookie scoop, drop the dough onto the prepared cookie sheet (approximately 1 heaping tablespoon per cookie). The dough is extremely sticky so it is much more difficult, messy, and time-consuming to use a regular spoon, so use a scooper if you have one.
- Bake for approximately 14-16 minutes or until they are no longer shiny on the top and they are just starting to turn golden brown around the edges.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Jessica’s Notes
- While the first sheet of cookies is baking, place the second half of cookie dough in the fridge to prevent the raspberries from thawing completely.
- Keep leftover cookies stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3-4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
- Optional: Before adding the raspberries, mix in 3/4 cup of white chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- If you would like to make the cookie dough ahead of time and freeze them for later use, wait to add the raspberries until after you’ve thawed the dough and you’re ready to bake them.
- Recipe adapted from Bake. Eat. Repeat.
Nutritional Information
(Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and specific brands of ingredients used.)
Tori says
Hi! So excited to try this recipe. Should I chop up the raspberry beforehand? Or will whole pieces be okay and still make the pretty swirl? Thank you!
Jessica Randhawa says
Whole pieces are better for the swirl 🙂
Linda says
These cookies are amazing. Than you Jessica! I ended up just quickly rolling cookie dough in a ball (1 tablespoon worth) and washed hand quickly after to avoid staining from raspberries. Mine turned out perfect!!!
Jessica Randhawa says
I appreciate your amazing feedback, Linda 😀
Corinne Strachan says
To all the complainers: STOP!
💕This is a perfect recipe💕
I think frozen raspberries hold up better but no matter!
This is a clear winner!!
Jessica Randhawa says
Thanks, Corinne 🙂
Tanae says
The recipe doesn’t mention if you should use salted butter or unsalted butter.
Jessica Randhawa says
you can use either salted or unsalted butter 🙂
Kelley says
These are so easy and very delicious. I also added a lemon drizzle to punch up the lemon flavor. Big Hit!
Sheila says
In your instructions you keep mentioning frozen raspberries. Can you use fresh? Would anything be different in the directions or hiw they turn out?
Lexi says
I’m used fresh raspberries for the recipe and they were delish
Dot says
They tasted great but the only thing is that they were very soft and chewy. Im unsure if that’s just the texture they are supposed to be as I am not a regular baker but is there anyway to make them a littler harder? I put them in the oven for at least 20-25 min but they were still very chewy.
Jessica Randhawa says
This recipe is a bit softer in general 🙂
Ava says
Same problem here. Feels like they are underbaked slightly… I think it has to do with the water from the raspberry. The cookie dough around it doesn’t cook as much so it tastes underdone. Not sure how to mitigate! Overall a delicious cookie
Homa says
These cookies are absolutely delicious!!! I could eat a whole batch in one sitting. Thank you for a fabulous recipe!
Dee Dee says
These were spot-on for flavor but the texture was impossible. The cookies were soft when they were freshly baked, but over the course of a couple of days, got so soft they fell apart. I am wondering if that is due to not chilling the dough before baking (putting the cookie sheet with the balls of dough in the refrigerator for a while before baking) or the fact that the frozen raspberries, even when used straight from the freezer, released too much moisture into the dough as it baked. I’ve had this issue with similar recipes – maybe a better solution would be a more cake-like cookie.
Michelle says
The fam loved these! Only complaint is that mine didn’t come up as thick as your pictures. They were more flat and spread out. Any idea what I could have done wrong? Maybe mixed it too much?
Rachelle says
Mine were also completely flat. Tasted good, but hoped to have them look better. Following to see if there is an answer to your question.
Debbie says
My cookies were too moist and you couldn’t pick them up without them breaking, any suggestions?
Jessica Randhawa says
You could try making smaller cookies next time, and possibly bake them a bit longer to try to firm them up 🙂
Jackie says
Really liked them. Can you use this same recipe and make cupcakes?
Jessica Randhawa says
I haven’t tried that, but I don’t think so.
Bekie says
Made these for a party and they were a hit!!😍
Tanae says
Love these cookies! I would honestly like it to have more lemon flavor! Next time i make it I’m going to try to add 2 lemons instead of one. But they are delish! I just need to make sure i don’t eat them all!
Any tips for it not sticking so much? I noticed the stead’s with the raspberries stuck a lot more. I used the cookie sheet with the parchement paper!
Jessica Randhawa says
Thanks for the delish feedback, Tanae!
You could test spraying the parchment paper next time, but it could cause the cookies to spread/flatten more, which could then make them cook faster… so I would test it before doing a whole batch 🙂