Recipe: Tasty Easy Lemon Crinkle Cookies

Easy Lemon Crinkle Cookies. Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment until creamy. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, lemon extract, lemon zest and juice, and yellow food coloring. Easy lemon crinkle cookies - perfectly tart and sweet, with just the right amount of lemon zest and lemon juice.

Once the cookie dough is all mixed up, let it chill in the refrigerator. Add the egg, lemon juice, zest and both extracts. These Easy Lemon Crinkle Cookies made with cake mix and Cool Whip are soft, chewy and perfect for a super quick and easy dessert or treat! You can cook Easy Lemon Crinkle Cookies using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Easy Lemon Crinkle Cookies

1. Prepare 1 box of lemon flavored cake mix.
2. Prepare 2 of large eggs, room temperature.
3. Prepare 1/3 cup of vegetable oil.
4. Prepare 1 tsp. of lemon extract.
5. It's 1/4 cup of powdered sugar.

These easy cake mix cookies are perfect for lemon lovers! They're soft, chewy, lemony, sweet and very refreshing. Plus, you only need a few things to make them! Fresh cookies in the cookie jar mean all is right in my world!

Easy Lemon Crinkle Cookies step by step

1. Preheat oven to 375° F. Place parchment paper on baking trays and set aside..
2. Mix together the cake mix, eggs, lemon extract & oil..
3. Cover bowl with dough in it with plastic wrap or tinfoil and refrigerate for around 30 minutes..
4. Once chilled, drop teaspoon sized balls of the dough into a bowl of the powdered sugar and roll until dough is covered..
5. Arrange dough balls on prepared trays about an inch or so apart and bake for 7-9 minutes..
6. Allow to cool on the tray for a few minutes, then move to a cooling rack. Store at room temperature..

I whipped up a couple dozen Easy Lemon Crinkle Cookies on a whim, breaking from the biscotti and chocolate-ish cookies that had been ruling the jar the past few months. When you have a glass cookie jar…momma knows every time someone grabs one or two. To make easy lemon crinkle cookies, you'll need lemon cake mix, vegetable oil and eggs. These lemon crinkle crinkle cookies are the perfect dessert in the summer, but they also make the perfect holiday cookie in the winter. They're brimming with lemon flavor and have a delicious, soft texture.