Sunshine Lemon Cake Mix Cookies Recipes

SUNSHINE LEMON BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 °F.
• Stir together cake mix, butter and egg.
• Spread mixture evenly into bottom of a 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Blend together sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice.
• Pour mixture over top of cake mix mixture.
• Bake for 23 to 27 minutes.
• Cool completely.
• Cut into 1 1/2x3 1/4-inch bars.

EASY LEMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Pour cake mix into a large bowl. Stir in eggs, oil, and lemon extract until well blended. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough into a bowl of confectioners' sugar. Roll them around until they're lightly covered. Once sugared, put them on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 6 to 9 minutes in the preheated oven. The bottoms will be light brown, and the insides chewy.

LEMON CAKE MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix well to combine cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil.
• Place dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to chill.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with silicone liners or parchment paper.
• Form dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in powdered sugar, if desired. Place dough balls on baking sheets at least 2 inches apart.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 3 minutes before transferring from cookie sheet to cooling rack to cool completely.

LEMONY SUNSHINE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 standard muffin tins with 16 foil cupcake liners; set aside.
• Place shortbread cookie crumbs, sugar, and melted butter in a medium bowl; stir until well combined; set aside.
• In the mixing bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese and sour cream until smooth. Add eggs 1 at a time and mix just until combined. Scrape down sides of the bowl. Add vegetable oil, water, and the box of lemon pudding. Mix until combined. Add cake mix and beat on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes. Batter will be on the thick side.
• Place a slightly heaping tablespoon of shortbread cookie crumb mixture into the bottom of each prepared muffin cup. Use your fingers or the bottom of a small glass to firmly pack crumbs into the bottom of each cupcake liner. Reserve remaining shortbread cookie crumb mixture for topping.
• Use a 1/4 cup spring loaded ice cream scoop and place a level scoop full of batter into each muffin cup.
• Load the lemon curd into a small sandwich size resealable bag, removing the air from the bag before sealing. Squeeze the curd to 1 corner of the bag and use scissors to snip a 1/4- inch piece from corner of bag; set aside.
• With a damp finger or the end of a wooden spoon dipped in water, make a shallow indentation into the center of each cupcake. Pipe 3/4 to 1 teaspoon lemon curd into each indentation. Sprinkle tops of cupcakes evenly with remaining shortbread cookie crumbs.
• Bake for 21 to 23 minutes, rotating pans halfway through baking, until edges of cupcakes are lightly golden brown.
• Serve cupcakes warm from the oven or at room temperature.
• A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.

PINEAPPLE SUNSHINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and coat your 9 x 13 baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake ingredients (cake mix, crushed pineapple with juice, eggs, oil and vanilla extract ). Mix until thoroughly combined.
• Transfer the cake batter to your prepared 9 x 13 baking pan, then bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25-30 minutes, or until the edges are golden an inserted toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cake.
• Remove the cake from oven when done and place on a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
• While the cake is cooling, combine the frosting ingredients (whipped topping, pudding mix, and crushed pineapple with juice) in a medium size mixing bowl. Return the frosting to the refrigerator to let it set up, and until ready to use.
• Spread the frosting over the pineapple sunshine cake once completely cooled.

SUNSHINE LEMON CAKE MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350F. In large bowl combine all ingredients except powdered sugar. Drop dough in small balls onto a baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool till cookie gets easy to handle and then roll in powdered sugar mixture.

LEMON COOLER "KNOCK-OFF" COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix cake mix, oil, eggs and white chocolate in a large bowl.
• Form into small balls and bake on cookie sheet for about 8-10 minutes.
• Let cool.
• Either sift together powdered sugar and kool-aide mix or place in a food processor.
• After cookies come out of oven let cool a couple of minutes sift powdered sugar over cookies.