Soft and Simple Lemon Cookies are a favorite with everyone. The butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar in this Lemon Cake Mix Cookie make them melt in your mouth and so irresistible.
Lemon Cake Cookies
Remember how I’m a lemon convert?! I haven’t always loved lemon-y treats, but I’m obsessed these days and thought it would be fun to try a Lemon version of our Gooey Butter Cookies and make some delicious Lemon Cookies.
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Knowing just how much we love our Gooey Cookies, we knew a lemon version would be amazing. It also helps that this cookie recipe is simple and so soft. The cream cheese and butter in the recipe make them so irresistible as well as make them so good they melt in your mouth.
How to Make Lemon Cookies
Like I mentioned, this recipe is very easy. I don’t always have lemon cake mix on hand, which are the main ingredient, but all the remaining ingredients are simple – butter, cream cheese, egg, lemon extract and powdered sugar. Because we have been making these more, though, I’ve been sure to grab a few lemon cake boxes each month, especially because we’re also obsessed with this Lemon Sheet Cake that uses them.
Other than chilling the dough for these cookies for half hour, these cookies can be made quickly and with the help of the kiddos. Here is what you do to make them…
- Beat butter, lemon extract, egg, and cream cheese until fluffy, using a hand mixer. Add in cake mix and beat until smooth.
- Chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
- Add 1/2 cup powdered sugar to a small bowl. Roll dough into 1/2-1 inch balls and dip in powdered sugar. Placed on greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12 – 13 minutes. Sift with powdered sugar if desired. ENJOY!
Lemon Crinkle Cookies
These cookies really are so soft and melt in your mouth. They have just enough lemon to appeal to all those obsessed with lemon treats, but not so lemon-y that they are too tart. They actually reminded me of a Lemon Crinkle Cookie – soft, chewy and covered in powdered sugar. Not sure you can get better than that.
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Lemon Cookies recipe
Soft and Simple Lemon Cookies are a favorite with everyone. The butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar in this Lemon Cake Mix Cookie make them melt in your mouth and so irresistible.
Ingredients
- 1 Lemon Cake Box Mix
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 tsp lemon extract
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 egg
- powdered sugar
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350.
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With a hand mixer, beat butter, lemon extract, egg, and cream cheese until fluffy. Add in cake mix and beat until smooth.
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Chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
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Add 1/2 cup powdered sugar to a small bowl. Roll dough into 1/2-1 inch balls and dip in powdered sugar. Placed on greased cookie sheet.
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Bake for 12 - 13 minutes. Sift with powdered sugar if desired. ENJOY!
so much food, I would most like to try this recipe……..
looks fresh and tasty….
They are! Let me know what you think! Thank you!
I’m making these right now, and after chilling the dough for 30 minutes, I tried to roll the dough into balls. The dough is a little sticky and hard to roll. Any suggestions?
It is still a little sticky, but should still roll, once in powdered sugar. You could always leave it in the fridge a little longer. I hope they turned out 🙂
Just made these tonight and they were marvelous! Didn’t change a thing. Although they did stay in the fridge 2 hours before I had a chance to bake them! Just perfect, thank you!
I am glad you think that!! We love them! Thank you for letting me know!
I have had these cookies in other flavors & I think the lemon is one of my favorites! Lemon is so refreshing. I took these to a church function & everyone wanted the recipe!
I’m not a huge fan of lemon however, these cookies are to die for!
If you like lemon you’ll love this cookie. Easy to make with simple ingredients.