These Lemon Raspberry Cookie Sandwiches are a delicious blend of two flavors! The lemon cookies are light, super soft and perfectly complimented by the light raspberry icing in between!
Lemon Raspberry Cookie Sandwiches
Honestly, you could just eat these lemon cookies on their own. They are super yummy. But of course, they’re even better as a cookie sandwich.
To give my usual cookie the lemon flavor, I added a package of dry lemon pudding mix. It’s a great way to add flavor and keep your cookies incredibly soft. Because of that, they actually spread quite a bit during baking – even with the cornstarch that helps them to not spread quite as much. So keep that in mind when shaping your cookies.
The raspberry filling is made with my usual buttercream and flavored with raspberry jam. Light and delicious!
I normally am a big fan of strong flavors. But in the case of these cookies, I really wanted the lemon and raspberry flavors to compliment each other, not compete.
Because of that, neither of the flavors are too strong. It makes the perfect Lemon Raspberry Cookie Sandwich!
I’m totally in love with them. The yellow and pink is so perfectly springy! So be sure to give them a try!
These Lemon Raspberry Cookie Sandwiches are a delicious blend of two flavors! The lemon cookies are light, super soft and perfectly complimented by the light raspberry icing in between!
Ingredients
Scale
LEMON COOKIES
3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp baking soda
1 3.4 oz package dry instant lemon pudding mix
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1–2 tsp milk
RASPBERRY ICING
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
4 cups powdered sugar
4 tbsp raspberry jam
1–2 tbsp water or milk
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.
3. Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
4. With the mixer on low speed, add flour, cornstarch, baking soda and dry pudding mix.
5. Stir in chocolate chips. Add milk, if needed. Dough will be thick.
6. Make balls of about 1 tbsp and then flatten a bit into thick discs and place on cookie sheet. They will spread while they bake.
7. Bake for about 7-8 minutes.
8. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 2-3 minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
9. While cookies cool, make icing. Beat the shortening and butter until smooth.
10. Slowly add 3 cups of powdered sugar. Mix until combined.
11. Mix in the raspberry jam and 1 tbsp water.
12. Add the rest of the powdered sugar and mix until smooth. Add more water until it’s the right consistency.
13. Once cookies are cool, make cookie sandwiches.
I’m Lindsay, the recipe developer, cookbook author and photographer behind Life, Love and Sugar. I love all things sweet and truly enjoy getting to be creative in the kitchen. My goal is to make it easy for eople to get into the kitchen and bake with confidence. I love to share great recipes that people can use for everyday and for special occasions in their life.
You must know how much I LOVE my frosting, Lindsay!! And, of course, the lemon-raspberry combo is just perfect 🙂 I’m so glad you are part of my baby shower – I am so surprised and overwhelmed by it all!! Thank you!
Lindsay these seriously look delicious and such a cute little dessert to bring to a baby shower. I love the lemon cookies in and of themselves but turn them into sandwich with raspberry frosting in between and OMG!! Love! Pinned and gorgeous pics!
Hi Lindsay – What a beautiful cookies and just perfect for a spring baby shower! I absolutely love lemon and the raspberry frosting sounds wonderful. So much to see all of the wonderful treats everyone is sharing for Cathy’s shower! Pinning, of course. Hope you have a wonderful Friday and weekend!
Thanks Cindy! Yes – there are so many beautiful treats! I’m finally getting to go through them after being out of town all weekend. Thanks for the pin!
These cookies are downright gorgeous Lindsay! And so perfect for a baby shower 🙂 Pinned!
Thanks Trish! Thanks for the pin! 🙂
I love the combination of lemon and raspberries. I could probably snack all weekend on these cookies 🙂
Thanks Ashley! We definitely did 🙂
These are so beautiful!
Thank you Marla! 🙂
such lovely cookies 🙂 I love lemon and berry together
Thanks Heather – me too!
Cookie sandwiches are my favorite and this one might be my new favorite! I love the raspberry lemon combination, so perfect! Pinning to make soon!
Thanks Danae! Thanks for the pin! 🙂
You must know how much I LOVE my frosting, Lindsay!! And, of course, the lemon-raspberry combo is just perfect 🙂 I’m so glad you are part of my baby shower – I am so surprised and overwhelmed by it all!! Thank you!
I’m so glad you like the cookies and the shower, Cathy! Congratulations!
These ARE the perfect cookie for Cathy’s shower! Great combo of flavors and oh so pretty!
Thanks Kelley!
These are just lovely , Lindsay…just perfect for a baby shower! And I love the flavor combo of raspberry and lemon…yum!
Thanks Samantha!
These are SO pretty Lindsay! I love them! And your photos are stunning! Pinning!
Thank you so much Chelsea! 🙂
Lindsay these seriously look delicious and such a cute little dessert to bring to a baby shower. I love the lemon cookies in and of themselves but turn them into sandwich with raspberry frosting in between and OMG!! Love! Pinned and gorgeous pics!
Thanks so much Krista! 🙂 Thanks for the pin!
These look absolutely gorgeous. Pinning!
Thanks Jenny!
So cute!! We love pudding cookies! I bet the raspberry frosting is great paired with the lemon!
Thanks Jamie! Pudding cookies rock! 🙂
These are super gorgeous Lindsay!!!! I want a dozen.
Thanks Dorothy! 🙂
So adorable! I’ll bet the lemon and raspberry taste great together! Pinned!
Thanks Tonia!
Oh yumm!!! I LOVE pudding cookies. These look amazing Lindsay!
Thanks Lisa! 🙂
Hi Lindsay – What a beautiful cookies and just perfect for a spring baby shower! I absolutely love lemon and the raspberry frosting sounds wonderful. So much to see all of the wonderful treats everyone is sharing for Cathy’s shower! Pinning, of course. Hope you have a wonderful Friday and weekend!
Thanks Cindy! Yes – there are so many beautiful treats! I’m finally getting to go through them after being out of town all weekend. Thanks for the pin!