White Cake Mix Christmas Cookies

White Cake Mix Christmas Cookies - quick and easy Christmas cookies with only SIX ingredients. Another easy recipe that's ready in minutes for you to enjoy or pack up and give as gifts to neighbors and friends. Make sure you get your FREE recipe card to use when handing out cookies this holiday season.

If you've been a reader of my blog for any length of time, you know that I love my cake mix hacks that use a box of cake mix as ingredients to help speed along the baking process to make yummy recipes like Chocolate Chip Bar Cookies or Chocolate Brownie Cake.

Make sure you print out the FREE recipe cards below to give as part of your gift. You might even want to check out the Christmas gift tags available in the WOS Shop to use as well.

Using a cake mix for these White Cake Mix Christmas Cookies produces a delicious cookie that's ready fast. Much faster than if you baked the cookies from scratch.

When life gets busy around the holidays, we all need to have a quick recipe to fall back on. These are great for last minute bake sales, gifts for teachers, coaches or neighbors. There are so many ways you can use these cookies besides the obvious way of eating them!

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• Parchment Baking Sheets
• Cookie scoops
• Baking Trays
• Candy melts - for this recipe I used white chocolate candy melts, but you can use your favorite flavor and color.
• Red, green and white holiday nonpareils

Ingredients

Exact measurements are listed below in the recipe card. Make sure you scroll down to print and save the recipe for later!

• 1 box white cake mix; 15.25 ounce size
• Vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• Almond extract
• White Chocolate Candy Melts
• Christmas Sprinkles

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the dry cake mix, vegetable oil, eggs and almond extract.

Use a cookie scoop to place the cookies on baking trays lined with parchment paper. The cookie might be a little stickier than traditional cookie dough, so take your time.

Do not overcrowd the trays. The cookies will spread as they cook. You can see I only added 6 scoops of cookie dough to each baking tray.

Bake about 10-12 minutes, or until set in the middle and slightly browned around the edges. Allow the cookies to cool completely before decorating.

How to Decorate the Cookies

Melt the candy melts according to the package directions. I always use the microwave method listed on the back of the package.

Dip one half of the cookies into the melted white chocolate and then add the colorful Christmas sprinkles. The sprinkles make these white cake mix cookies look perfect for Christmas, right?

Tips for Baking Cake Mix Cookies

• Do not over-mix the batter. 
• If the batter is too soft, chill the dough for about 30 minutes before placing on baking trays. 
• Use silicon baking mats or parchment baking sheets on the baking trays to keep the cookies from sticking. 
• Do not over-bake the cookies! 

Tips for Storing Cake Mix Cookies

• Once baked, store the cake mix cookies in air-tight containers for up to two weeks. 
• To freeze the cookies, simply place them in a single layer on a baking sheet and “flash freeze” them until they are solid, around 30 to 60 minutes. 
• Then place the cookies in an air-tight container with parchment or waxed paper in between each layer to keep the cookies from sticking to each other. 
• You can freeze the cookies this way for up to 3 months. 

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