So I love this recipe! Using a box mix you can make the most delicious Cake-cookies ever! I'm stealing the name Cakesters because it's the best way to describe the delicious texture of the cookies.
I choose a lemon mix and made my own lemon icing from scratch (Icing recipe on the bottom). I used lemon juice, lemon zest, and lemon extract to add some different lemon notes. The result is a very refreshing, tangy, lemony sweetness, a perfect compliment to the soft, crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside Cakester.Amaya got in on the action while I was trying to ice these puppies. She just smushed her little fingers right into the icing , and popped them into her mouth. She thinks she's helping, and she is....kind of!
The cookie batter is a roll/drop deal, so it took a little trial and error to get the dough balls just the right size so they wouldn't brown around the edges. The trick was making the balls small. A little bigger then a quarter. Still these cookies were such a prettty yellow color, perfect for easter, which gves me an idea....coming soon!
They were heaven! I ate a few with a nice tall glass of milk, organic milk of course. I knew then I'd have to send Rick to work with the rest, (prevent me from eating them all) and he called from work to say every last one was devoured! Thank goodness because I didn't want to explain to Aneley why she could eat all of them! They made my sweet child sing and danced while she ate them!