A Peek at the Fun: There’s nothing better than easy lemon cookies that are quick to make and taste amazing! These cookies are made with a cake mix, are soft and chewy and are drizzled with frosting.
Here’s a truth about me-if it’s not chocolate, I don’t typically waste the calories to eat it. So even though I love to bake anything and everything, I’m not very tempted by fruity desserts.
But when I took a bite of one of these easy lemon cookies that I made for the lemon themed bridal shower and started raving about how good they turned out. These cookies are GOOD! So good and SO easy to make!
Guess what? Only 3 ingredients in these easy lemon cookies! Anyone can make these and wow their friends!
Plus they look so pretty don’t they? And really, these things will take you only a few minutes and a few ingredients to make! You can’t beat that, can you?
Easy Lemon Cookies:
PrintEasy Lemon Cookies Recipe
These easy lemon cookies only use 3 ingredients, are super easy to make and taste amazing! Made from a cake mix and they are soft and chewy. Great when drizzled with frosting too.
- Prep Time: 5 Minutes
- Cook Time: 9-11 Minutes
- Total Time: 20 Minutes
- Yield: 12 Cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Dessert
Ingredients
- 1 lemon cake mix
- 1 egg
- 1 stick of butter (softened)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix the three ingredients to form a nice dough. Roll into 1 inch balls and bake for about 7-10 minutes. When they start to crack, take them out.
Optional: drizzle with frosting. (See recipe below.)
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Here’s a recipe card you can print if you would like:
Easy Lemon Cookies Recipe (this is a PDF file of it)
Here’s a small buttercream recipe if you want to drizzle:
Buttercream Frosting Recipe:
- 1 stick of butter
- 2 C powdered sugar
- Couple tsp milk
Mix these ingredients to a consistency that will work for drizzling. Add more milk or powdered sugar as needed.
Drizzle and enjoy!
Have FUN making these easy lemon cookies!
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Loyce Buhrmester says
These look delicious, can’t wait to make them!
Sheila says
Did you melt the butter? Or soften it and cut it in with a pastry blender?
Amber & Danetta says
Just soften it and it should mix in just fine.