This lemon cake mix cookies recipe are on loan from a friend. At their house they call them crack cookies. They call them this because they are so good they are severely addicting. Just the lemon glaze itself you could bathe in. no joke. You and your family will love these lemon cookies and how easy they are to make.
Why This Recipe Works
These lemon cake mix cookies are the best ever because:
- They are made from a cake mix and only a few other ingredients you have around your pantry. If you are looking for other quick and easy cake mix recipes try these chocolate chip pumpkin muffins or this amazing fluffy cornbread.
- We use greek yogurt with the mix adding extra protein.
- They are topped with a soft crinkly lemon icing that will blow your mind.
About the Ingredients
- Lemon Cake Mix- You can find this lemon cake mix at most grocery stores or have it shipped to your home. Do not purchase the lemon pound cake mix, this goes for a traditional cake mix,
- Plain Greek Yogurt.
- Eggs- let your gets come to room temp before baking with them.
- Powder sugar- You'll need powder sugar for the glaze and also for rolling the cookies. It's a sticky dough.
- Lemons- these are for the lemon glaze.
How To Make Lemon Cake Mix Cookies
- Add cake mix, eggs, greek yogurt together.
- I recommend using a beater to mix this batter. It's very sticky.
- using a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop out individual balls.
- You can just plop on a baking sheet as is, but I prefer to roll them in powder sugar so they have a nice smooth uniform shape. Refrigerate cookies for about 30 minutes to make sure they stay nice and fluffy.
Bake Cookies until nice and fluffy. Don't let the cookies brown. They'll be overcooked at that point.
How to make the Lemon Glaze
The glaze is my favorite part. I could legit drink the entire bowl.
Making the glaze will take only a few minutes. You will want to coat the cookies when they are only slightly warm or room temp.
- Mix the water, oil, powder sugar. Do NOT leave out the oil on this part. The oil is what helps the glaze to have a nice soft crisp shell.
- Add in lemon juice and lemon zest.
- Whisk to combine.
- Use a spoon or drizzle it on with a frosting bag. Dont be afraid to be generous.
PRO KITCHEN TIPS
- Don’t Overmix the Dough: Mix until just combined. Overmixing can result in tough cookies.
- Use Parchment Paper or a silicone mat: Line your baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat to prevent cookies from sticking and ensure even baking. I find doing this keeps the bottoms of the cookies from getting too brown.
- Use a cookie scoop: Use a cookie scoop to make sure all of the cookies are the same size. This helps them to bake evenly.
- Let Them Cool: Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a 1-2 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. This helps them set and maintain their shape.
Lemon Cake Mix Cookie FAQ's
You can use vegetable or canola oil instead of greek yogurt. You will need ½ cup.
Refrigerating your cookies has many benefits. One it give the gluten time to absorb the liquid and also will solidify any oils and butters so your cookies will not spread as thin.
If your cookies are dry and have a hard bottom it's because they are overcooked. For these lemon cookies you want them to come out right before they start to turn golden. For my 1.5 TBS cookies they cooked for about 8 minutes.
Love Cookies?
If you love cookies we have so many cookie recipes! Too many to list here but these are some of my favorite.
Lemon Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
Lemon Cookies
- 1 lemon cake mix
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup plain greek yogurt or ½ cup oil
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Glaze
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 ½ Tablespoon oil
- 1 ½ Tablespoon water
- zest of one lemon
- juice of ½ lemon
Instructions
Cookies
- Mix cookie ingredients. The dough is very sticky I recommend using a hand or stand mixer. Powder hands and surface with powder sugar to keep dough from sticking too much on your hands.
- Using a cookie scoop portion and roll into uniform balls.
- bake at 375 for about 6-8 minutes.
Glaze
- mix all ingredients until smooth.
- Place in a ziplock bag and cut a tiny tip of the bag off. Or spread a generous spoonful over cookies.
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Notes
PRO KITCHEN TIPS
- Don’t Overmix the Dough: Once you start adding dry ingredients to wet, mix until just combined. Overmixing can result in tough cookies.
- Use Parchment Paper or a silicone mat: Line your baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat to prevent cookies from sticking and ensure even baking. I find doing this keeps the bottoms of the cookies from getting too brown.
- Use a cookie scoop: Use a cookie scoop to make sure all of the cookies are the same size. This helps them to bake evenly.
- Let Them Cool: Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a 1-2 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. This helps them set and maintain their shape.
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Erin V says
OOOOOO what beautiful little rays of sunshine! lemon is my weakness and these are fabulous
christy says
WOAH! these cookies are amazing. that Glaze especially :P
Serena says
These look so easy. I'm a big fan of mostly homemade. When you say lemon cake mix, do you mean any brand that I can buy at the grocery store?
Adri says
Crack cookies! Ha! That's pretty funny, and definitely not too harsh. It sure conveys the idea of how good these cookies must be. I adore lemon cookies, so these are right up my alley. I hope your 2015 is shaping up to be the best year yet for you. These cookies look like a fab start to me.