Description
Chocolate cake mix crinkle cookies offer a delightful twist on classic holiday treats with minimal effort. Powdered sugar-coated edges and rich chocolate flavor make these cookies irresistible for quick dessert cravings you’ll want to share with friends and family.
Ingredients
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Main Ingredients:
- 1 box white cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Coating:
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
Optional Add-ins:
- Red food coloring gel
- Green food coloring gel
Instructions
- Prepare the oven environment by heating to 375°F and arranging a silicone mat or parchment paper on a baking sheet to prevent sticking.
- Create a smooth dough mixture by whisking together eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and cake mix until achieving a uniform consistency.
- For festive variations, separate the dough into two portions and incorporate red and green food coloring, ensuring even color distribution throughout each portion.
- Chill the dough in the refrigerator for a minimum of 30 minutes to enhance texture and improve handling capabilities.
- Utilize a cookie scoop to form uniform dough balls, generously coating each in powdered sugar for a classic crinkle appearance.
- If the dough proves excessively sticky, incorporate a small amount of flour to adjust the consistency and facilitate easier shaping.
- Position the sugar-coated dough balls on the prepared baking sheet, maintaining adequate spacing between each cookie.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 9-11 minutes, watching for subtle golden edges as an indicator of proper doneness.
- Allow cookies to rest briefly on the baking sheet to set their structure before carefully transferring to a cooling rack for complete cooling.
Notes
- Chill the dough for optimal texture, preventing spreading and creating a more tender cookie with a soft, pillowy center.
- Add extra flavor by mixing in mini chocolate chips, chopped nuts, or festive sprinkles to customize the basic cake mix cookie recipe.
- Control stickiness by gradually adding flour if the dough feels too wet, ensuring easy rolling and a perfect powdered sugar coating.
- Experiment with different cake mix flavors like red velvet, funfetti, or chocolate to create unique variations of these easy crinkle cookies.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg