Cake Mix Cookie Recipes

You can make a wide range of cake mix cookies just by changing up the flavor of the cake mix, the add ins or frosting. Using a cake mix to make cookies speeds the baking process along. here are some of our favorite cookie recipes using a cake mix.

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Easy Cake Mix Cookies

by Kathie (USA) Ingredients:

• 1 box of cake mix
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup oil

Directions:
Mix together, roll into 1 inch balls of dough Bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 350 Optional: roll dough in powdered sugar before baking; mix crushed candy bars such as Butterfingers into dough.

Cool Whip Cake Mix Cookies

Ingredients:

• any flavor cake mix
• 1 egg
• 2 cups cool whip
• chopped nuts, optional
• baking chips, any flavor
• powdered sugar

Directions:
Mix cake mix, egg and cool whip together. Stir in chips and nuts. let chill 20 minutes. Roll dough into balls and then roll balls in powdered sugar. Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes until golden brown.
Lots of different creations you can make with this recipe see some ideas below.

Chocolate Chip Cookies from Cake Mix

Ingredients:

• yellow cake mix
• 1/2 Cup butter, melted or vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 Cup chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together cake mix, butter and eggs until batter is smooth. Stir in chocolate chips. With a cookie or muffin scoop, scoop onto cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges or starting to crisp.

Brownie Cookies using a Brownie Mix

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup flour
• brownie mix
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 Cup vegetable oil
• 2 Tablespoons water

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together brownie mix, oil, flour, water and eggs until batter is smooth. With a cookie or muffin scoop, scoop onto cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges or starting to crisp.

10 More Cake Mix Cookie Ideas

• Chocolate Blossoms. Use a devil food cake mix using any of the above recipes. Add a chocolate kiss on top of each cookie as soon as they come out of the oven.


• Sugar cookies. Use a white cake mix add in 1 teaspoon lemon extract. Sprinkle flour on a clean counter and roll out sugar cookies with cookie cutters. Bake and frost.


• Peanut Butter Cookies. Use a yellow cake mix and add in 1 Cup peanut butter in place of the oil in the recipes above. Roll dough into a ball and place on a cookie sheet. Flatten with the fork in a crisscross pattern.


• Sandwich cookies. Create one of the cake mix cookies above and add frosting between two cookies for a sandwich cookie.


• Spice cake with raisins. Use any of the recipes above, and add raisins and nuts to a spice cake mix.


• Chocolate cake with peanut butter chips. Use any of the recipes above, and add peanut butter chips to a chocolate cake mix.


• Cherry cake with cherry chips. Use any of the recipes above, and add cherry chips to a cherry or strawberry cake mix.


• Lemon mix with coconut. Use any of the recipes above, and add shredded coconut to a lemon cake mix.


• Candy Cookies. Use any of the recipes above, and add chopped candy bars to any cake mix.


• Birthday Cake Mix Cookies. Using the recipes above, add birthday sprinkles to a funfetti cake mix. Frost tops once cooled and add more sprinkles.

More cookie recipes you might enjoy!

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Tie Dye Cookies
Resurrection cookies/meringue cookie
Flower Cookies
Poppy Seed Cookies
4 ingredient breakfast cookies
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