All you need are 3 ingredients for these – a lemon cake mix, eggs and miracle whip or mayonnaise (i used light/low cal miracle whip). No, you can’t taste the mayonnaise, but it nicely brings out the lemon flavor.
Ingredients list
1 lemon cake mix
2 eggs
2/3 cup mayonnaise
I did put a light layer of frostinf on the bars while they were kind of still warm. I think it adds to the moistness and sweetness.
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a bowl, combine ingredients. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 20 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter
3 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs lemon juice
Directions – in a bowl, combine ingredients. frost bars.
I went with a doubleheader of lemon treats today. These are lemon cookies with lemon frosting. Simple and puffy and tangy/sweet.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. I used 1 cup of bread flour and 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, but you can use entirely AP flour if you want. Also form doughs into high mounds and chill a few hours before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup crisco (i used butter flavor)
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
2 eggs
2 tbs lemon juice
11/2 tsp lemon extract
3.4 oz instant lemon pudding mix
1 cup bread flour
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs, lemon juice and extract. Blend in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and form tall cylinders. Chill in fridge in a covered container for a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet.
Bake 11 to 13 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs lemon juice
Directions – in a bowl, blend ingredients. Frost cookies.
These spread out a little larger than i would have preferred, so i made them into half cookie sandwiches. Next time I will form the dough into tall mounds to see if that helps.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also chill the individual doughs for several hours before baking. And preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
4 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups doug. Roll into balls, roll in extra sugar. Chills several hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet.
Bake 14 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
3 to 5 tsp milk
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. Add enough milk to get consistency you want. Frost between 2 cookie halves or on top of cookies.
I am bringing in sugar cookie bars today, but I did not bake them today. It is over 100 degrees so turning on an oven is not ideal. So what i did was bake a couple of treats when it was cooler and froze them. These are one of those treats. They can also be celebratory treats for the USMNT’s win over Bosnia Herzegovina last night to advance to the round of 16 at the world cup.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
7 tbs vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
6 tbs powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 pan with tin foil and set aside. In a bowl, cream butter, oil, sugar and powdered sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Evenly spread into pan. Bake 12 to 14 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
3 tbs milk
1 tsp vanilla
In a bowl, blend butter and powdered sugar. Add milk and vanilla. Frost bars. Store in covered container in fridge.
Another lemon treat, this time, lemon blondies. Made in an 8×8 pan, with lemon glaze. Tangy, yet sweet. Very soft too!
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag so you get the right amount. Also, Preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tbs lemon extract
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper or tin foil and spray with pam. Set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and extract. Mix in dry ingredients amd lemon juice. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely.
Yesterday, I made smashed lemon sugar cookies with lemon frosting. So today, I made a chocolate version with 3 types of frosting – peanut butter, chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate. I wanted to frost some with vanilla frosting, but I made too much chocolate frosting, so i just used that.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Chill your individual doughs before baking and preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup greek yogurt
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup baking cocoa
3 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, oil and sugar. Add greek yogurt and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough and roll into balls. Spray the bottom of a glass with pam and dip im sugar. Lightly flatten cookies. Chill several hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/3 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1/4 cup heaby cream
1 tsp vanilla
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar. Blend in remaining ingredients. Frost cookies.
Everyone seems to love lemon. So, I decided to make lemon cookies with lemon frosting. (I have several other flavors of this recipe – chocolate, regular sugar cookie, gingerbread, oatmeal chocolate chip). These are fun because after scooping out dough and rolling each one into a ball, I gently smash it with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Then I bake and frost them after they are cooled. These should not bake longer than 12 minutes. They seem underbaked, but they should be that way. Pop them in the fridge to cool. And after frosting then, chill them again.
Scoop out your flour into the measuring cups so you get the right amount. chill the individual doughs for several hours before baking. And preheat your oven before baking.
Also, I had something very cool happen today.. while running errands, i was wearing my Bills hat that Rob designed for me and someone yelled “go Bills!” That was pretty awesome!
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup greek yogurt
3 tbs lemon juice
3 tsp lemon extract
4 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and oil. Blend in green yogurt, lemon juice and extract. Blend in dry ingredients. Scoop put 1/4 cups dough. Spray the bottom of a glass with pam and dip in sugar. Slighly flatten cookies. Chill several hours. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Lemon frosting
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
2 tbs lemon juice
1 to 2 tbs milk
Directions- in a bowl, combine ingredients and frost cookies.
The sun is out, so i thought i would make some lemon cake mix bars. Super easy, just a few ingredients, olus they are frosted!
Ingredients list
2 lemon cake mixes
4 eggs
1 1/3 cups mayo or miracle whip (i used a light kind)
3 tbs lemon juice
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a bowl, combine cake mixes, mayo eggs and lemon juice. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely.
I couldn’t resist and put a tiny bit of frosting on the warm bars. I find it makes treats even sweeter!
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 to 4 cups powdered sugar
6 tbs lemon juice
In a bowl, using a hand mixer, blend well. Frost bars and store in covered container.
I love to put crushed cookies in cookies, like oreos in chocolate cookies, chips ahoy in chocolate chip cookies, etc. So I saw some iced oatmeal cookies and thought they would be perfect in frosted oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
These probably didn’t need frosting!
I used all purpose and bread flour in these, but you can use entirely all purpose flour if you want. Just scoop it from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Chill individual doughs before baking, and preheat oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1 cup bread flour
2 1/2 cups quick oats
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
16 iced oatmeal cookies, crushed
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients and oats. Mix in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Chill a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger doughs on sheet.
Bake 10 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbs ice cream, melted (or 2 tbs milk)
Directions – in a bowl, combine ingredients. If needed add a little more milk to get the consistency you want. Frost cookies.
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