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Soft & Sweet Sugar Cookies – an Easy Cake Mix Recipe

December 11, 2021

How to easily make sugar cookies with cake mix, and only a few other ingredients! They are soft, chewy and delicious.

Earlier this week I was in the mood for some sugar cookies – something I think is a classic part of the Christmas season.  I named these Soft & Sweet because they are soft, and the frosting makes them very sweet. They are also the perfect amount of chewy – my favorite!

They start with cake mix as the base (I love how soft the cookies come out, and how easy it is to use), then I combine that with some softened plant based butter (because I’m lactose intolerant), two eggs, and a touch of vanilla extract.

Dress them up by pouring sprinkles into the mix, or mix in a cup of chocolate chips!

When the dough is ready, I use my handy dandy cookie scoop because it makes it quicker, and even more easy.

I usually try to have step by step photos, and show my ingredients, but with these cookies, I really wanted to just enjoy the baking process, and photograph less.

When I bake these cookies for my husband and I, I simply cut the recipe in half so we don’t end up with so many cookies, but I’ve included instructions here to make a full batch. If you cut the recipe in half, you will need 1.5 cups of the cake mix, and you can store the rest of it in a tupperware. Don’t forget to label your tupperware with the contents, the date you opened it, and the expiration date – I do this with a Sharpie on scotch tape that I put on the side of the tupperware.

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Makes:

30 Cookies

Time Required:

About 1 Hour, 15 Minutes

  • Mix ingredients (5 – 7 Minutes)
  • Dough in Fridge & PreHeat Oven (30 Minutes)
  • Bake x 3 + Cooling (11 Minutes + 2 Minutes Each Batch)

Ingredients:

  • 1 Box of Duncan Hines French Vanilla Cake Mix
  • 1 Stick of Butter (or 8 Tablespoons), Softened
  • 2 Eggs
  • 0.5 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
  • Frosting – I used Duncan Hines brand
  • Sprinkles

You’ll Also Need:

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Mixer/Spoon/Spatula for Mixing Ingredients
  • Measuring Cup and Spoons
  • Pam, or Butter and Flour
  • Cookie Sheet
  • Optional, Cookie Scoop
  • Optional, Aluminum Foil for Baking Sheet
  • Plate or Cooling Rack for Cookies

Ingredient Notes:

CAKE MIX: Duncan Hines is my favorite cake mix to use. It makes the best soft and chewy cookies. I find with Pillsbury cake mix they come out puffy and cakey instead (kind of like the top of a cupcake), but Betty Crocker does have a super moist series, and that might work, though I haven’t tested it.

Sugar Cookie Recipe:

Step 1: Mix the cake mix, butter, eggs, and vanilla until combined and not lumpy.

Step 2: Pre-Heat the oven to 350 degrees – mine takes 6 minutes, so I did it in the last 6 minutes of the dough being in the fridge (#3).

Step 3: Refrigerate the cookie dough for at least half an hour.

Step 4: Scoop out 12 cookie balls (I do not roll mine into a ball as they shape well when baking), and dropped them onto the cookie sheet. Place unused dough back in the fridge.

Step 5: Bake cookies for 11 minutes! They will turn out soft, and chewy.

Step 6: Gently pat down the tops so the cookies flatten, and then let them cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then move to a plate, or cooling rack.

Steps 7 – 12: Repeat steps 4 – 6.

Step 13: When cookies have cooled completely – frost, and decorate. Cookies that aren’t cooled enough will melt the frosting.

Storing: I store my frosted cookies in an air-tight container in the fridge, and they can sit frosted in the fridge for up to a week. What I have found in researching is that with the canned frosting, they can be stored loosely covered on the counter for up to 2 days – I just feel better refrigerating so that’s what I do.

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Comments

  1. Lovely says

    December 14, 2021 at 1:27 am

    I was planning to bake some sugar cookies and this recipe came just in time. Thanks for sharing.
    xoxo
    Lovely
    http://www.mynameislovely.com

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    • Alexandra says

      March 26, 2022 at 11:59 am

      Happy to share 🙂 Enjoy!

      Reply
  2. Jill says

    December 14, 2021 at 8:44 am

    I love cake cookies! These look so festive! Thanks for sharing!

    Jill – Doused in Pink

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 26, 2022 at 11:59 am

      Happy to share 🙂 They’re great, and so easy to customize too.

      Reply
  3. Laura Bambrick says

    December 15, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    What a great idea! I need to try this!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 26, 2022 at 12:00 pm

      Thanks! They’re great, and so easy to customize too.

      Reply
  4. Michelle says

    December 18, 2021 at 2:11 pm

    They look so yummy!

    Michelle
    https://mybijoulifeonline.com,

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 26, 2022 at 12:02 pm

      Mmm – they were! Need to make more. Hehe.

      Reply
  5. Karren Haller says

    December 19, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    Oh my this take the work out of making some quick cookies for friends.
    Thank you for sharing on omhgww last week, your blog will be featured, be sure to stop by and share again! Happy Holidays!!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 26, 2022 at 12:03 pm

      Yes, absolutely! Definitely a great one for holiday baking and gifts. I love how easy it is to customize.

      Reply

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