Description
Crinkle Cookies from a Red White Blue Cake Mix bring patriotic charm to your dessert table with minimal effort. Dusted with powdered sugar and boasting festive colors, these simple treats make celebrating holidays deliciously easy.
Ingredients
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Main Ingredients:
- 1 box (15.25 oz) white cake mix
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
Supporting Ingredients:
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
Coloring Ingredients:
- Red gel food coloring
- Blue gel food coloring
Instructions
- Heat the oven precisely to 350°F and prepare two cookie sheets with parchment paper or cooking spray.
- Combine the 15.25-oz cake mix, ⅓ cup vegetable oil, and 2 large eggs in a mixing bowl. Blend thoroughly for 1-2 minutes using a hand mixer.
- Separate the cookie batter into three distinct bowls: leave one white, tint another blue, and color the third red using gel food coloring.
- Pour ¾ cup powdered sugar onto a separate plate for coating the cookies.
- Grab a medium cookie scoop and create 1.5-tablespoon dough balls in each color. Clean the scoop between colors to prevent mixing.
- Roll each colored dough ball completely in the powdered sugar, ensuring full coverage.
- Arrange 12 cookies per sheet, spacing them evenly to allow proper spreading.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until cookie edges set and surfaces appear puffy.
- Allow cookies to rest on the hot baking sheet for 10 minutes after removing from the oven.
- Transfer cookies to a cooling rack and let them cool entirely.
- Optional: Dust additional powdered sugar lightly over the finished cookies for extra sweetness.
Notes
- Swap cake mix colors for different holidays by choosing seasonal cake mixes that match your theme and celebration.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes before rolling to help prevent spreading and create more defined cookie shapes.
- Clean your cookie scoop between colors to prevent color bleeding and maintain distinct red, white, and blue tones.
- Use gel food coloring for more vibrant colors that won’t water down your cookie dough texture.
- Prep Time: 10-15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10-12 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 134 kcal
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 107 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 19 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 28 mg