Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies

Once in a while, you come across a recipe that looks great, and when you read the recipe you realize that it uses a cake, cookie, or scone mix as the base. I think that everyone needs to have some really simple recipes available that you know will taste great. This is one of those recipes. It requires just a cake mix, eggs, and oil, and then a fairly simple strawberry glaze. I’m sure you could also use a powdered sugar glaze if you wanted to save even more time.

This is the simplest recipe, and I made the cookies in the five minutes before preparing dinner! They are that quick. The dough is very thick, but I didn’t have any trouble scooping it out. This recipe made about 30 cookies, so they aren’t huge, but that’s a better number of cookies for sharing. They are quite brightly pink, but they look great once they are glazed.

The glaze for these is a little different, with the strawberry jam providing the strawberry flavor and subtle pink color. I recommend whisking the jam a bit to break it up, and then it’s easier to incorporate into the glaze. That being said, I guess the bowl I used to make the icing was too small as I seemed to get powdered sugar everywhere! You can either ice the cookies with a spatula or dunk them in the glaze. I dipped the cookies in the glaze and that was easy. These cookies have a lovely strawberry flavor, are soft and chewy, and are perfectly pink for summer.

Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
1 strawberry cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil

2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons strawberry jam
2-3 tablespoons milk

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the strawberry cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil, stirring to combine. The dough will be thick. Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets using a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop.

Bake for 9-11 minutes, until the cookies are set. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Once the cookies are cool, make the glaze. In a medium bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, strawberry jam, and a small amount of milk. Whisk, continuing to add milk, until the glaze is thick but spreadable. Spread about 1 teaspoon of glaze on top of each of the cooled cookies. Allow the glaze to set before serving.

Recipe from Practically Homemade