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No one will guess these Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies come from a box! It’s so easy to make crinkle cookies out of cake mix with only 4 ingredients. If you need an EASY cookie recipe – be sure to try this one! Easy cookies for a busy season – that’s the perfect recipe, don’t you think?
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Crinkle Cookies with Cake Mix
These days it seems like my time is super thin, between working and being a parent…there’s not a lot of extra time. I’m trying to create shortcuts wherever I can, especially because I really want to enjoy the holidays.
These cookies are some of my favorite ones because they’re so easy. Cake Mix Crinkles are even better because they’re a little fancier (perfect for Christmas) and no one will know they’re from a cake mix!
I always love crinkle cookies at Christmas. They seem so festive, kind of like snowball cookies. We used to make chocolate crinkle cookies when I was a kid and I remember loving them. Whatever your reason for making cookies with a mix, these are a great go-to recipe for any occasion.
4 Ingredients Needed
- You can use ANY flavor cake mix. Lemon, chocolate, yellow, strawberry: you name it you can use it. Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies are some of my favorite behind these! That makes it SO easy to make a ton of different flavor cookies for your holiday platters without all the work and extra ingredients.
- Eggs: Be sure to use large eggs.
- Vegetable Oil: Makes these easy to mix!
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How to make Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies
- Choose your cake mix flavor. Use whatever flavor you like, or pick a few!
- I love using vegetable oil which keeps them tender, but if you want to make cake mix cookies with butter, you can use melted butter instead.
- Use your favorite mix-ins (optional). I used chocolate chips in these crinkle cookies but you could leave them out. Or, add mint chip pieces or M&Ms or chopped candy.
- The dough is sticky, so if it’s too soft, chill it for 30 minutes before baking.
- I like to roll these in powdered sugar before baking – that’s what makes them crinkly!
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Expert Tips
- The dough will be sticky but that’s ok. If it’s too hard to work with, chill it.
- Skip the add-ins for a plain cookie! We also love adding nuts, like pecans or walnuts.
- Can you freeze cake mix cookies? I always freeze cookies (learn how to freeze desserts). Simply stack them between paper towels or wax paper in an airtight container and freeze for up to a month. You may need to re-roll them in powdered sugar when thawing.
Easy Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) yellow cake mix (or any flavor)
- ½ cup (118ml) vegetable oil (or melted butter)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup (170g) chocolate chips (or other mix-in, like M&Ms)
- 1 cup (113g) Powdered sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with silat baking mats.
- Mix cake mix, oil, and eggs with a hand or a stand mixer until a sticky dough forms. Stir in chocolate chips. If dough is too wet to handle, chill for 30 minutes.
- Place about 1/2 cup powdered sugar in a small bowl. Scoop 2 tablespoon sized balls of dough and coat them with powdered sugar. Place on cookie sheets. Bake immediately (or powdered sugar will dissolve) for about 10-12 minutes. Cool at least 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheets.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to one month.
I know what you mean about puppies! I was breastfeeding when my puppy was 7 months old to a year. I would put her outside by herself in case she needed to relieve herself while I was tending to the baby. We later discovered that she had amused herself by tearing up our irrigation tubing throughout the backyard! Thanks for the time- saving recipe!
Hi Dorothy,
Great cookie recipe, I love easy as I grow older, I just wanted to request a photo of Abby
with every recipe that you put out, after all, we would like to see growing progress…
Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving, feel Blessed…
cheers, Linda
I remember making these with chocolate cake mix; I never thought about using other flavors…lol And your Tieks????? Ouch!
Do you have to roll them and use a mat? I prefer just dropping cookies, faster and better for my back. But they sound yummy, I will try with coconut.
Dorothy, I know you love your tieks…aren’t you irritated that the pup ruined your nice shoes?!!
Btw, happy Thanksgiving in advance
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