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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7 Responses to “Herbed Mustard Salmon”

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    Sues — February 25, 2013 at 1:32 pm

    I’m always looking for new ways to prepare salmon, too, and I love the idea of herbed mustard!

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    Shannon — February 25, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    this looks so flavorful and juicy! delish 🙂

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    Megan — February 26, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    Jeff doesn’t love salmon, but I bet I could get him to eat it with this topping. Sounds so flavorful!

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    Kristina — March 13, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    This looks amazing! I have everything for the sauce already other than the Dijon Mustard. Do you think I can use regular mustard?

    • beantownbaker — March 13th, 2013 @ 8:45 pm

      It would definitely have a different flavor profile, but I love regular mustard! I think it would be great – let me know what you think of it.

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    Sandy — May 23, 2013 at 9:40 am

    Made this last night! SO good! My boyfriend and i both finished our plates and he declared this recipe as a keeper! Thanks so much for keeping it easy!

    • beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 1:15 pm

      So glad you guys enjoyed it! I love recipes like this where you can customize it and still have dinner on the table in no time flat.

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