Aren't they scrumptious looking?
They tasted as good as they look. A soft, cakey, lemony cookie. The recipe made 30 cookies....but a few mysteriously disappeared as they were cooling. Uh-oh. So, I made a quick trip to Giant for another box of cake mix and made another batch.
Here's the recipe:
Lemon Burst Cookies
1 box of lemon cake mix (18.25 oz)
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
zest of one lemon
2 Tbls lemon juice
1/4 tsp lemon extract
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or use a SilPat baking mat.
2. Into a large mixing bowl, add all the ingredients except the powdered sugar. Mix with a hand mixer until well blended. Dough will be sticky. I found that the dough became less sticky after a few minutes.
3. Put the powdered sugar into a small bowl.
4. Use a small scoop to made a small ball of dough. I used about 1 1/2 Tbls per cookie. Roll into the powdered sugar. Get a pretty heavy coating if you want that powdered sugar look on your finished cookie. Place onto cookie sheet.
5. Bake 9-10 mins until edges are just lightly browned. Cool a couple mins on cookie sheet and transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Makes between 30-36 cookies depending on size.
