Lemon Cake Mix Cookies are the easiest cookies and are delicious cookies full of fresh lemon flavor. It is an easy cookie recipe made with boxed cake mix and is an easy dessert to make for hungry kids and will please any crowd.
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❤️ Why you'll love it
Easy to make: An easy recipe made with a box of lemon cake mix and a few other simple ingredients are all you need to make these tasty treats!
Bursting with flavor: each bite of these lemon crinkle cookies are packed with bright lemon flavor and white chocolate chips.
Perfect for any occasion: cake mix cookie recipes are a bigger batch recipe that can be enjoyed at parties, sold at bake sales, or simply enjoyed as a snack or after dinner dessert.
🥘 Cookie Ingredients
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Lemon cake mix: you will need a 15.25 ounce box of cake mix.
🔪 Instructions
Prepare cookie dough
- To a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil. Using an electric hand mixer on medium speed, blend together until ingredients are smooth.
- Add white chocolate chips and mix well.
- Cover mixing bowl with plastic wrap and place the dough inside the refrigerator. Chill for 30 minutes.
Bake the cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Add powdered sugar to a shallow small bowl.
- Using a ¼ cup sized measure, scoop cookie dough from the bowl . Roll dough between the palms of your hands, forming round, smooth, cookie dough balls.
- Add the dough ball to the prepared bowl of powdered sugar, covering the dough fully. Place cookie dough balls on parchment lined baking sheet 2 inches apart. Repeat for each cookie.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, until cookies are
- When done, allow to cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
🥄 Equipment
🥫Storage
Room temperature: store in an airtight container up to 5 days.
Freeze: cookies can be stored in a freezer safe, airtight container up to 3 months.
📖 Variations
- If you love all things lemon, add lemon zest or lemon extract to the cookies to really amp up that lemon flavor and instead of white chocolate use a lemon flavored chip!
- Make a lemon glaze with powdered sugar and fresh lemon juice. Drizzle the top of the cookies with the glaze.
- Use a white cake mix and any flavor chip you desire!
💭 Tips
- When mixing the cookies, be sure to use a rubber scraper to scrape down the sides of the bowl and incorporate all of the cake mix.
- For best results, allow the cookies to cool for 2-3 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to the cooling rack.
- Note that the cookies will shrink in size and become firmer as they cool.
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🍽 Serve with..
Serve cookies warm with a glass of milk or a scoop of ice cream.
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📖 Recipe
Lemon Cake Mix Cookies
Equipment
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Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces lemon cake mix
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Prepare cookie dough
- To a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil. Using an electric hand mixer on medium speed, blend together until ingredients are smooth.
- Add white chocolate chips and mix well. Cover mixing bowl with plastic wrap and place the dough inside the refrigerator. Chill for 30 minutes.
Bake the cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Add powdered sugar to a shallow small bowl.
- Using a ¼ cup sized measure, scoop cookie dough from the bowl. Roll dough between the palms of your hands, forming round, smooth, cookie dough balls.
- Add the dough ball to the prepared bowl of powdered sugar, covering the dough fully. Place cookie dough balls on parchment lined baking sheet 2 inches apart.
- Repeat for each cookie.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, until cookies are set.
- When done, allow to cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
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