Dessert for 24

Lemon Crinkle Cookies with cake

Name: Lemon Crinkle Cookies with cake
Total time: 14 min
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 box (18 1/3 oz) lemon cake mix; 2 eggs; 1/3 cup butter; 1 tsp lemon extract; 1/2 lemon (optional); 1/2 cup icing sugar

$0.89for 414 minServes 24

Lemon cake mix forms a soft dough with eggs, butter, and extract, then bakes under a coating of icing sugar.

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Cake, 18 oz$0.18/oz typical	18 oz	$3.30Typical price
	Eggs, 2$0.30 each typical	2	$0.60Typical price
	Butter, 2.75 oz$0.40/oz typical	2.75 oz	$1.07Typical price
	Lemons and limes, 0.25$0.60 each typical	0.25	$0.15Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$5.33

Swaps

Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Cornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaSugar and brown sugar

Not included in the cost.

14 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
24servings as written
$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Kid-friendly Budget Desserts

Typical price

$0.22 per serving$0.89 for 4

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Ingredients

1 box (18 1/3 oz) lemon cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup butter
1 tsp lemon extract
1/2 lemon (optional)
1/2 cup icing sugar

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F and line a baking sheet with the icing sugar.
Mix the cake mix, eggs, melted butter, lemon extract, and optional lemon juice until a soft dough forms.
Shape the dough into small balls and roll each one in icing sugar.
Place the balls on the baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the centers are set.
Cool the cookies on the sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling surface.

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