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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8 Responses to “Peppery Lemon Brown Sugar Salmon (Bookmarked Recipes)”

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    CB — October 16, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    Oh man. Wasn’t this recipe awesome? My mouth is watering just thinking about it. Even my hubs, who isn’t a big salmon fan really liked it! Glad you and the hubs did too 🙂
    /Clara

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    Jen — October 16, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    Yep – we loved it. It’s going to be our go-to quick dinner from now on.

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    Julie — October 17, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    That looks delicious, and we like salmon. We’ll have to give it a try!

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    Steph — October 18, 2008 at 12:39 pm

    I love a good (and easy) fish recipe! Looks delish.

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    Jen — October 18, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    I agree – good and easy fish recipes are so great to have around.

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    Jen — February 26, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    I plan on making this tonight for my hubby. Looks easy and yummy.

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    Jen — February 27, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    I made this last night. It was wonderful and so easy.

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    Jen — February 27, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    I agree! It’s so delicious and easy

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