Lemon Cookies

I love lemon. I love it so much that if I weren't already married, I would consider moving to Vermont or somewhere, and marrying a lemon. I think we could be really happy together.

I know a lot of people don't like lemon, and I think those people are either crazy, or missing some fundamental piece of DNA, because really, how can you not like lemon? It's tart, and sweet, and such a pretty color. So when I came across this recipe for lemon cookies, I knew immediately that I would have to make them. They are possibly the best tasting cookies that I've ever made. It's a shame that my oven sucks so much, because they got totally burned on the bottom, but they taste good enough that I'm eating them anyway. This will end up being one of my go to cookie recipes I think.

Ingredients Needed:

1 box of lemon cake mix.

1/3 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

2 tsp lemon zest

2 tbsp fresh lemon juice(i used more, because there's no such thing as too much lemon juice.)

1/2 tsp lemon extract

1/3 cup confectioners sugar

To Make:

Preheat oven to 375. Mix together cake mix, oil, eggs, lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract. Drop by teaspoonfuls into the confectioners sugar, then roll into balls, and place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 6-9 minutes.

They turned out awesome. Soft and chewy, very flavorful but not overly so. And again, even with burned bottoms, the flavor of the cookie overpowers the burned flavor. These are awesome, and really easy to make. There will forever be a box of lemon cake mix in my pantry.