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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9 Responses to “Friday Faves – Two Peas and Their Pod makes Pomegranate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies”

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The Small Boston Kitchen — January 14, 2011 at 1:07 pm

What a great idea for a cookie! I love the pictures, and that you thought the add pomegranate to cookies…will have to give these a try, great post!
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Blog is the New Black — January 14, 2011 at 1:24 pm

I made TPATP’s pom cookies, too! Delicious! Yours look awesome.
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Cathy B. @ Brightbakes — January 14, 2011 at 1:33 pm

These never fail to make me think “What a great idea”…Pomegranate in a cookie is so unique and pretty! (and tasty!)
love,
cathy b.
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Fun and Fearless in Beantown — January 14, 2011 at 1:49 pm

I love the pairing of pomegranate and white chocolate. I’ve never eaten that flavor combination before but I can how imagine how good it tastes!
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Rachel — January 14, 2011 at 3:37 pm

Looks delicious!!
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Daisy — January 14, 2011 at 4:59 pm

cute blog name! this combo sounds amazing!
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Megan — January 14, 2011 at 6:46 pm

Maria has such a great blog… and those cookies sound so good. I kind of want to make a chocolate cookie with pomegranate seeds now.
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Maria — January 14, 2011 at 7:06 pm

Thanks again for having me! This was fun:) I hope your readers like the cookies, we sure do:)
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Peggy — January 16, 2011 at 11:17 pm

I love little “experiments” that go so right! Can’t wait to try these cookies!