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Sugar Cookies with Cake Mix is the fast, easy way to bake the cookies and get to the fun part of decorating these soft delicious cookies into beautiful works of art.
This sugar cookies with cake mix is the best recipe! They’re easy, they’re sweet, they are everyone’s favorite. You can add icing, sprinkles, chocolate chips, whatever you like. The thing is, once you have a great base you can do all kinds of fun things…you can even turn them into sugar cookie truffles!
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What We Love About This Cake Mix Cookies Duncan Hines Recipe
Truly one of the best recipes to make with your kids because it is so simple and you can get to the fun part quickly. One of the best tasting sugar cookies you can make too.
- 25 Minute Cookies: Excellent way to make cookies any time you want fresh.
- Simple Ingredients: All found in pantry or fridge.
- Family Friendly: Fun to make and fun to eat. What could be better?
- Adaptable: Can make it so many different colors, different icings etc., even Christmas cake mix cookies.
Ingredient Notes
- White Box Cake Mix: Yellow works well too, make sure you get the kind with the pudding in the mix, such as Betty Crocker
- Flour: All purpose flour is perfect, you will need 2/3 cup
- Large Egg: Two large eggs for this recipe
- Canola Oil: Or another neutral flavored vegetable oil
- Sour Cream: Two Tablespoons
Equipment Needed for Boxed Cake Mix Cookies
- DI ORO Designer Series Flexible 3-Piece Silicone Turner Spatula Set
- Silicone Baking Mat – Set of 2
- Nordic Ware Natural Aluminum Commercial Baker’s Half Sheet
- OCTAVO 5 Speed Hand Mixer Electric
- KitchenAid Classic Mixing Bowls
How to Make Cake Mix Sugar Cookies
These are the basic steps for making sugar cookies from cake mix. Please refer to the printable recipe card below for more detailed instructions and nutrition information. Please note: your nutrition information may vary by brand and by the topping used.
STEP 1: PREP
First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then in a large bowl, stir together box of cake mix and flour. Add eggs, oil and sour cream, and mix on medium speed until well blended. (Batter should be stiff).
STEP 2: SCOOP
Next, line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat and then use a medium cookie scoop or tablespoon to roll dough into approximately one-inch balls and place on a cookie sheet.
STEP 3: PRESS
Press 1- inch balls down with the back of a spoon dipped in sugar to flatten cookies to about a half inch thick.
STEP 4: BAKE
Bake approximately ten minutes until just set. Let cookies cool for a minute on the pan and then transfer to cooling rack until completely cooled. Finally, decorate as you desire for the holiday, birthday or whatever.
Prep and Storage Tips for Sugar Cookies from Cake Mix
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE AHEAD OF TIME
Create the cookie dough up to the day before and then place in the refrigerator in an airtight container. When you are ready to make cookies, place the chilled dough on the baking sheet and follow directions below.
HOW TO STORE THIS CAKE MIX CHRISTMAS COOKIES RECIPE
Airtight containers are the key to keeping these sugar cookies soft. They will stay fresh for up to a week at room temperature.
HOW TO FREEZE THIS RECIPE
Gather, baked cookies or dough scooped onto sheets, and allow to freeze. Then, place in an airtight freezer bag and take out the quantity you need.
Frequently Asked Questions
Of course there are always tricks to making things healthier, for example, try a fat free cake mix, a low sugar cake mix or a gluten free cake mix.
Indeed you can, try applesauce, grapeseed oil or sunflower oil.
Certainly, you can adjust the recipe below so that you can prepare the quantity that you need.
The enemy is overbaking. You do not want these cookies to brown, they should be just cooked.
Expert Tips for Making This Easy Dessert Recipe
- Add Chips: White chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips are all wonderful additions.
- Nuts: Add an unexpected crunch with crushed pecans, walnuts, macadamia nuts, etc.
- Variation tip: Color your cookies by adding a few drops of food coloring to the batter. Also, add a little of your favorite extract such as vanilla extract, mint extract or almond extract.
- Alternate cooking method tip: Bake your soft baked sugar cookies in the air fryer at 370 degrees for 4-6 minutes.
- Decorating: Make your own buttercream frosting, drizzle with melted chocolate or decorate the finished cookie with your favorite sprinkles.
- Sugar Cookie Bars: Make this easy sugar cookies recipe into bars.
What to Serve with Soft Cake Mix Sugar Cookies
- Milk
- Hot Chocolate
- Rainbow Colorful Cupcakes
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Sugar Cookies with Cake Mix
Equipment
Ingredients
- 18 oz box white or vanilla cake mix with pudding in the mix, Betty Crocker is what I normally use
- ⅔ cup all purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- 2 Tablespoons Sour Cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir together cake mix and flour. Add eggs, oil and sour cream and mix on medium speed until well blended. (batter should be stiff)
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Use a medium cookie scoop or Tablespoon to roll dough into approximately one inch balls and place on a cookie sheet.
- Press cookies down with the back of a spoon dipped in sugar to flatten cookies to about a half inch thick.
- Bake approximately ten minutes until just set. You don’t want the bottom of cookies to brown or you’ll end up with a crunchy cookie, not a soft one.
- Let cookies cool for a minute on the pan and then transfer to wire racks until completely cooled.
Expert Tips
- Add Chips: White chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips are all wonderful additions.
- Nuts: Add an unexpected crunch with crushed pecans, walnuts, macadamia nuts, etc.
- Variation tip: Color your cookies by adding a few drops of food coloring to the batter. Also, add a little of your favorite extract such as vanilla extract, mint extract or almond extract.
- Alternate cooking method tip: Bake your soft baked sugar cookies in the air fryer at 370 degrees for 4-6 minutes.
- Decorating: Make your own buttercream frosting, drizzle with melted chocolate or decorate the finished cookie with your favorite sprinkles.
- Sugar Cookie Bars: Make this easy sugar cookies recipe into bars.
These cookies were perfection. Thanks for the easy fail proof recipe.
These cake mix cookies are so easy and delicious too! Perfect for busy days when you want a quick dessert.
These cookies are so good! this recipe is going in my rotation!
If there were a million stars to rate this recipe I would give it a million stars. These cookies are soooooo delicious. They remind me of the Soft Batch sugar cookies that were out in the 80’s I think.
I’ve never had cookies like this. Soft as pillows and so easy. Not overly sweet, just right imo. Bake them for the time called for and you will not be disappointed.
I used white super moist cake mix from Betty Crocker. Might try other flavors in future.
I don’t really like to bake that often because most cookies turn out to flat but I will for sure make these many times.