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 “Banana Cinnamon Chip Blondies”

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    Tasha Lehman — November 9, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    Oooohhh, I just found a treat to make today! Thanks!!

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    Fun and Fearless in Beantown — November 9, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    This looks SO easy that I could even make them! I love the flavor combo of banana and cinnamon so I think I would love these!

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    Melissa — November 9, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    I love new recipes to use up my squishy bananas! Thanks!

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    We Are Not Martha — November 9, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    Perfect idea!! I love the combination of banana and cinnamon and I’m already up for a blondie! Delicious 😉

    Sues

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    Sherry G — November 9, 2010 at 9:14 pm

    I have been dying to try cinnamon chips and I have searched high and low for them. I can’t find them anywhere in Western PA!! It’s such a tragedy=( However, these look so tasty!

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    Anonymous — November 9, 2010 at 10:43 pm

    I used cinnamon chips as well as white chocolate chips in your pumpkin bars…they came out delish..i’ll have to try these as well!

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    theblogisthenewblack — November 9, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    I love banana and cinammon, so I imagine I would love this.

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    Ada N. Ortiz — November 10, 2010 at 5:10 am

    These look awesome! Will have to try them 🙂

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    Samantha — November 17, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    Ooooh I’ve been looking for a recipe that includes cinnamon chips, as I found them at the store for the first time the other day and had to pick them up. I love this because it involves banana as well! Thank you so much for the recipe!

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