Lemons lemons lemons! The past couple days I’ve seen a theme of lemon recipes on my Instagram feed – particularly Meyers lemons – which makes sense since winter is citrus season. So in keeping with this prevailing theme, I bring you: oatmeal lemon white chocolate chip cookies! A spin on a classic, these oatmeal cookies satisfy your sweet tooth with the white chocolate while the lemon adds that twist of citrus.

Not a fan of oatmeal? You can also make them as regular old lemon chocolate chip cookies! Just leave out the oatmeal and add an extra 1/4 cup flour or so (else the batter might be a bit runny).

Did I mention your kitchen will also smell lemony fresh while you bake these cookies? All the more reason to whip up a batch today!

Recipe: (makes ~24 cookies)

Ingredients

• 1 stick butter (softened at room temp)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• zest of 1 lemon
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1/2 – 1 cup white chocolate chips (depending how sweet you like them!)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Using a mixer, beat together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until creamy.
3. Add eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, and lemon juice and mix until creamy and combined.
4. Add flour, salt, and baking soda until incorporated. Then mix in oatmeal and chocolate chips by hand.
5. Bake for 12-15 minutes.