Green Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies
This quick & easy recipe for Green Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies is a St Patrick's Day and Christmas dessert favorite. The colorful cookies are soft, chewy, & sweet.
Equipment
- baking sheet
- parchment or foil
- wire cooling rack
Ingredients
- 1 White Cake Mix 13.25oz box like Betty Crocker (see notes below for other brand and sizes)
- 4 teaspoons All - Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 6 drops green gel food coloring
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar aka confectioners sugar
Instructions
- In medium mixing bowl add the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Add the eggs and oil and stir by hand to mix thoroughly.The dough will be thick.1 White Cake Mix, 4 teaspoons All - Purpose Flour, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, ¼ teaspoon salt, ½ cup vegetable oil, 2 eggs
- Add the gel food coloring until you get the desired color. NOTE: liquid food coloring is less intense so you may need to add more6 drops green gel food coloring
- Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. It is ready when a ball can be rolled easily and hold shape.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment or foil with nonstick cooking spray.
- Roll 1 tablespoon of dough into a ball. Coat it with some white granulated sugar. Then coat it a second time with A LOT of powdered sugar so that it is thick on all sides. Place on the baking sheet & repeat until you have the baking sheet full with cookies spaced apart for a little bit of spreading to be allowed.⅓ cup granulated sugar, ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- Bake on the middle rack of the preheated oven for 11 minutes.
- Remove carefully from the oven and let the cookies cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet before removing them and placing on a wire cooling rack. Repeat and bake additional cookies.
- Enjoy once cool and set.
Notes
STORING & FREEZING:
- Store between layers or parchment paper in an air-tight container for up to 5 days.
- Only freeze dough (baked cookies don't freeze well) for up to 2 months. Defrost the dough before rolling and baking later.
- Be sure to roll in both sugars.
- If using a boxed cake mix that is more than 13.25oz, OMIT the extra flour.
- Do Not over bake or cookies will be dry and not gooey chewy.
- Use any color - pastel for Easter, Pink for Valentine's, Red for Christmas, Orange or Purple for Halloween.
Nutrition
Calories: 115kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 1gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 143mgPotassium: 15mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 16IUCalcium: 39mgIron: 0.4mg
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