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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10 Responses to “Corn Tomato and Avocado Salad”

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Cate — June 30, 2009 at 12:36 pm

This looks like such a perfect summer salad. I would definitely add a ton of cilantro. I love it!
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oneordinaryday — June 30, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Looks perfect. Yum.
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Colleen — June 30, 2009 at 1:15 pm

Your pictures look great! I am glad you liked this – I need to make it again soon!
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Mermaid Sweets — June 30, 2009 at 2:53 pm

oh Yum, I will have to try this. Way to improvise in the kitchen, looks like your kitchen is still in the works.
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thecookingnurse — June 30, 2009 at 3:47 pm

I have seen this recipe floating around and I must try it!
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Ingrid — June 30, 2009 at 7:48 pm

I’m in so long as I can pick out the tomatoes! 🙂 Not a fan of them.

Btw, I made your 40 clove chicken in the slow cooker…..HOLY COW, was that good and so easy (best part)! I’d made it before but a different recipe and not in the slow cooker. My honey actually put it all in the crockpot. My Mom loved it!
~ingrid
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ellysaysopa — June 30, 2009 at 8:44 pm

I saved this from Colleen’s site, too. It looks so good. A perfect summer salad!
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Jen — June 30, 2009 at 8:52 pm

It is so good. For anyone who’s thinking about making it. DO IT! I also made it again the other day. I didn’t have an avocado around, so I just mixed in a packet of Wholly Guacomole instead. It was delicious.
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Katie — July 2, 2009 at 12:44 am

YUMMY! It looks great and perfect for the summer!
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thecookingnurse — July 13, 2009 at 10:24 pm

Update! I made this and added a few additional ingredients. I love it!