Cake Mix Cookies
Cake mix cookies is a delightful, quick recipe. It only takes three ingredients.[1]
Easy
Total Time
20 minutes
Servings
24 cookies
Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this recipe
1
1 package (15 oz / 425 g) cake mix (any flavor)
2
2 eggs
3
6–7 tablespoons melted butter or vegetable oil
4
Add-ins, such as chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
Step-by-step guide to making this recipe
1
Preheat the oven to 180 °C (356 °F). Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
2
Combine the cake mix, eggs and butter in a large bowl, mixing to form a soft dough. If using, fold in the add-ins.
3
Scoop tablespoonfuls of dough onto the pan. The dough may be sticky, but chilling the dough for 30 minutes makes them firmer and easier to work.
30 minutes
4
Bake for 9–11 minutes until set. Transfer to a wire rack and leave them to cool.
9–11 minutes
Notes
- •For red velvet cake mix cookies, use red velvet cake mix and mix 1 cup (125 g) white chocolate chip into dough.[1]
- •For M&Ms cake mix cookies, use white or yellow cake mix and mix 1 cup (125 g) M&Ms into dough.[1]
- •For lemon cake mix cookies, use lemon cake mix and mix 1 tablespoon lemon zest and 1 tablespoon lemon juice into dough. Roll dough into balls and roll in powdered sugar. Bake as usual.[2] You may need less butter to compensate the extra moisture and make it easier to roll.
- •For snickerdoodle cake mix cookies, use white cake mix, and mix 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon into dough. Roll dough into balls and roll in cinnamon sugar (½ cup granulated sugar mixed with 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon).[3] Bake as usual.[4]