Easy Lemon Cookies (2 WW Pts)

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Easy Lemon Cookies (2 WW Pts)

This recipe comes from Allrecipes.com. After reading the reviews, it seemed that a lot of people thought they tasted “boxed-cake-mixy” and not very lemony. Since I had some lemons in the fridge and love the taste of lemon, I altered the recipe some in an attempt to make them with a tangy lemon flavor.

The flavor was great, although I undercooked them a bit. I forgot to reduce the temperature of my oven to account for the fact that I was baking them on a dark cookie sheet. All of hubby’s coworkers liked the cookies.

Easy Lemon Cookies – 2 WW pts – makes 2 dozen (Original recipe from Allrecipes.com)

1 (18.25 ounce) package lemon cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon lemon extract – I used juice and zest from 1 lemon
1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar for decoration

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Pour cake mix into a large bowl. Stir in eggs, oil, and lemon extract until well blended. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough into a bowl of confectioners’ sugar. Roll them around until they’re lightly covered. Once sugared, put them on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for 6 to 9 minutes in the preheated oven. The bottoms will be light brown, and the insides chewy.

I coated the cookies with a mixture of the juice and zest of one lemon mixed with some powdered sugar because I wanted a tangy lemon flavor.

Nutritional Information (please double check with your ingredients and serving sizes – I use this recipe calculator)
1 cookie: 111.4 Calories, 3.1 g Fat, 17.0 mg Cholesterol, 145.1 mg Sodium, 7.6 mg Potassium, 19.4 g Carbs, 0.0 g Dietary Fiber, 11.2 g Sugar, 1.5 g Protein
WW POINTS = 2

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6 Responses to “Crockpot Tamale Pie Recipe (Bookmarked Recipes)”

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Amy Kingman — January 20, 2009 at 12:33 am

Mmmmmmmmmmm, so warm and yummy!
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bensbaby116 — January 20, 2009 at 2:17 am

I would be excited about the crockpot too. 🙂 This looks like a great recipe!
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Joelen — January 20, 2009 at 5:03 am

Can’t beat the ease of crockpot meals! This looks great and hearty for the winter!
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Julie — January 20, 2009 at 8:33 am

That’s a pretty cool gift, and the tamale pie looks great too. I got some stupid little pin at 5 years. No idea where it is now.
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Steph — January 20, 2009 at 4:10 pm

I totally want to make this. Great spin away from the typical crock pot recipe!
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BR Guest Host — January 23, 2009 at 10:25 pm

Wow, hard to believe that recipe was made in the crockpot! It looks incredibly delicious and comforting.

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