Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies
Vanilla Crinkle Cookies use cake mix for an easy and delicious dessert!
Servings: 26 cookies
Calories: 54kcal
Ingredients
- 1 box 15.25 oz cake mix Super Moist Vanilla, Betty Crocker
- 1 tub 8 oz. Cool Whip, thawed (This cannot be substituted with regular whip cream; Notes)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup powdered sugar to roll the dough in before cooking
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line your cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer to combine the cake mix, thawed Cool Whip, egg, and vanilla extract.
- Mix until all combined. You will have a thick and sticky dough. It’s ok. Don’t be tempted to add more dry ingredients.
- Pour your powdered sugar into a shallow bowl or plate.
- With a cookie scoop, scoop the dough and release it into the powdered sugar.
- Roll the ball to coat it evenly with powdered sugar.
- Place the coated cookie ball into your prepared cookie sheet. Make sure cookie balls are at least 1 ½ inches apart.
- Repeat steps 6–8 until you have filled your cookie sheet.
- Cook in a preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until they are set and the edges are golden.
- Cool in the pan for 2 to 3 minutes, then carefully transfer to a cooling rack.
Notes
How to cool the crinkle cookies:
When placing the cookies on the cooling rack, do not stack them because the residual heat will melt the powdered sugar on top. It does not change the taste, but visually it is not as perfect as when they came out of the oven.How to choose the right cake mix:
There are multiple cake mix flavors and sizes. I highly recommend using a 15.25 oz Vanilla Super Moist cake mix. This cake mix emphasizes the vanilla taste and creates amazing results—a soft fudge cookie with an explosion of vanilla and no need to add more ingredients. Using a plain white or yellow cake does not give you the perfect vanilla taste because adding too much vanilla extract means all you taste is the extract. Mixing the vanilla taste between the cake and the extract evens out the flavors.Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 54kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 44mg | Sugar: 2g