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Lemon Thumbprints

Lemon Thumbprint Cookies

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10 minutes

Total Time:

20 minutes

Serves:

30

Ingredients

1 (15.25-oz.) box Hy-Vee moist supreme lemon cake mix
¼ cup Hy-Vee canola oil
2 tbsp water
1 tsp fresh lemon zest, plus additional for garnish; if desired
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Hy-Vee powdered sugar, for garnish; if desired

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Preparation

1

Lightly grease cookie sheets; set aside. Combine cake mix, canola oil, water, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a medium bowl. Refrigerate dough for 10 minutes.

2

Preheat oven to 350°. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets. Press thumb into the center of each cookie.

3

Bake 11 minutes. Remove cookies from oven. If the cookie centers have puffed up during baking, re-press with the back of a small spoon.

4

Cool on cookie sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks and cool. If desired, garnish cookie centers with lemon zest and dust cookies with powdered sugar.

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