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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11 Responses to “Strawberry Peach Basil Cupcakes”

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    Becca — August 20, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    Beautiful! I love the green pop of the basil scatted throughout.

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    Megan — August 20, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    These are definitely super creative! I love the strawberry basil combination… I’ve had a wonderful strawberry basil drink before… never added peaches too though… I’m sure that added some awesome flavor! Beautiful cupcakes!

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    fearlesskitchen — August 20, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    Adding the peaches to the strawberry-basil combination was a great idea! This looks delicious.

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    Colleen — August 20, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    i love your cupcake week! i have been craving them this week too!

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    Sunshine — August 20, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    These look super yummy!

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    m.e. — August 20, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    Okay, you are now officially dangerous to my waistline, lady! Can you see me salivating over here??? :0)

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    Jen — August 20, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    Ha sorry for making you salivate! If you’re feeling up for a creative cupcake, definitely try these flavors together.

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    Whitney@whitsgettingfit — August 21, 2009 at 1:10 am

    Those cupcakes look amaaazing.

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    nutmegnanny — August 21, 2009 at 4:37 am

    Not only are these cute they are adorable too!

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    herbal products — January 5, 2012 at 8:57 am

    This is a tasty dish to experiment with. There are also various herbs and spices you can mix.

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