If you have been following my blog for long you know that my favorite flavor is lemon. I love the sweet yet tangy-ness of how the acid in the lemon fills up the entire dish of whatever you are cooking. Well, for a while I have been wanting to learn a good lemon cookie recipe. One of my favorite restaurants in the entire world, Cross Creek Sandwich Shop, makes lemon cookies that are absolutely to die for. So what did I have to do? I had to try and replicate it. With the help of some friends and a key ingredient (lemon cake mix) I think I have almost perfected my copy-cat cookie.
They are so easy to make and, if done perfectly, you will eat the entire batch. Don't say I didn't warn you!!
What you will need:
Cookie Mix (makes 12):
One box Lemon Cake Mix
One egg
One stick of butter
Vanilla - to taste
Frosting Mix (will frost 48 cookies):
One bag of powdered sugar
One box (8 oz) of cream cheese
One stick of butter
Vanilla (to taste)
Literally all you have to do is mix it all up! The most important step is to make the ball big enough. These need to be about 2 inches across by 1.5 inch thick. (yes it is a science) The cookies in the end, if you made the ball big enough, should end up being the size of a coaster. You must make sure that you let the fully cool because the hotter the icing gets, the runnier and messier it will get.
FROSTING:
I usually freeze my frosting (and it will stay good forever - just make your frosting, put it in a container, and keep it until your next lemon cookie experience!). Therefore, when I put it on the cookie it is a lot easier to work with. it might take you a couple of cookies to figure out how much icing to use because it will spread and run. I usually put a dap on the top of all of the cookies and let it melt and spread itself!
Enjoy! Let me know if you like them!
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