Lemon Snowball Cookies (Easy Cake Mix Recipe)

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Lemon Snowball Cookies (Easy Cake Mix Recipe)

These lemon snowball cookies with cake mix and pecans are soft, buttery, and lightly sweet with bright lemon flavor. Made with simple ingredients, they’re an easy twist on classic snowball cookies, perfect for spring baking.

Prep Time10

Cook Time8

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 110kcal

Author: Cara Lanz

Ingredients

1 box lemon cake mix
¼ cup flour
½ cup melted butter, slightly cooled
1 egg
1 egg yolk
½ cup finely chopped pecans, optional
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon almond extract
1 ½ cups powdered sugar, for rolling

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk the cake mix and flour together to remove lumps. Add the melted butter, egg, egg yolk, pecans, vanilla and almond extracts. Stir with a sturdy wooden spoon until it forms a soft dough. If needed, gently knead it with your hands just until it comes together.
Scoop the dough into 1-tablespoon portions and roll them into balls. Place them 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 8 minutes until the edges are set, and the bottoms are just barely light brown. Do not overbake.
Let cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then roll in powdered sugar. Transfer to a rack set over a baking sheet (for easy cleanup) and cool completely, then roll in powdered sugar again.

Notes

Cool the butter slightly so it doesn't cook the eggs in the batter.
Be careful not to overbake or the cookies will be dry.
Add the first coating of powdered sugar while the cookies are still warm, to help it adhere.
Cover the dough between batches to keep it from drying out. If it feels too dry, add a few drops of water or milk.

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