Boxed Cake Mix Cookie Crinkles Recipe

Name: Boxed Cake Mix Cookie Crinkles Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: 1 Box Vanilla Cake Mix; 2 TB Juice from maraschino Cherry Bottle; 1/2 Cup Canola Oil; 2 Large Eggs; 1/4 C Powdered Sugar; 1/4 C Flour

by Laura Kelly Designs

36 Cookies

23 min

Make super yummy cookies with a cake mix in a box.

Baking amazing sweet treats can be as easy as three or four simple ingredients. Of course adding a little topping with a cherry means a few extra ingredients but totally worth it. This recipe is the best for making cookies that are perfect to celebrate an occasion, a holiday or take to a cookie exchange. I love that they can be made in a cake box flavor from the local grocery store. Earlier this week I received a sweet package from Cherry Man. In it were CHERRIES and a few other goodies. This morning before school, Zoe and I were discussing baking when she got home. We decided to make cherry vanilla crinkle cookies from a box and I must say, they are awesome.

Halfway Homemade Cherry Crinkle Cookies from a Box

Ingredients

This recipe is super simple. It can be adapted to a different flavor by changing the box mix from vanilla to one of your choice. I am guessing that chocolate cake mix would be amazing and create a cookie that resembles chocolate covered cherries.

1 Box Vanilla Cake Mix

2 TB Juice from maraschino Cherry Bottle

1/2 Cup Canola Oil

2 Large Eggs

1/4 C Powdered Sugar

1/4 C Flour

INgredients

Directions to Make Halfway Homemade Crinkle Cookies from a Box Mix

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat the ingredients all together.

Form one inch balls and coat in powdered sugar then put on a greased baking sheet.

Bake for 10-13 minutes.

Let cool completely.

Serve with a smidgen of frosting or melted vanilla bark and a cherry from Cherry Man

They were super messy but really yummy to create. We were so excited to use our new Grace (American Girl) Williams Sonoma spatula. It is not only really pretty and useful but is supports a great cause too.

No Kid Hungry

No Kid Hungry has a great mission statement. “NO CHILD SHOULD GROW UP HUNGRY IN AMERICA. But 1 in 5 children struggles with hunger. Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign is ending childhood hunger in America by connecting kids in need with nutritious food and teaching families how to cook healthy, affordable meals. You can help surround kids with healthy food where they live, learn and play.”

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Yes, we did lick it clean. Zoe is loving her adorable Cherry Man shirt!

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She loves the cookies too!

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Cherry Printable Lunchbox Notes

Grab these free notes for the lunchbox. Pack them up with the cookies and create a darling way to tell your kiddos how special they are.

Aren’t they so adorable. I shared other ways to add cherries to the lunchbox in another post. Be sure to check it out too.

Have you ever tried a peanut butter and cherry sandwich. If not, give it a go. It is a delicious idea just like the Crinkle Cookies from a Box!

Cherries just seem to make everything more special. While they are most commonly added to cocktails and mocktails (like the ever popular Shirley Temple drink), they are awfully fun to add to other things too. Cherries are super awesome whole but also great chopped up and added into lots of recipes both for baking and cooking.

Happy Baking and All Things With Cherries on Top,

Laura

Boxed Cake Mix Cookie Crinkles Recipe

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Recipe details

Yield 36 Cookies
Time spent: Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 13 Minutes Total time: 23 min

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat the ingredients all together.
Form one inch balls and coat in powdered sugar then put on a greased baking sheet.
Bake for 10-13 minutes.Let cool completely.
Serve with a smidgen of frosting or melted vanilla bark and a cherry!

Comments

Christina on Jan 22, 2023

I think some finely diced maraschino cherries mixed into the batter would put this recipe over the top! Yum. Maybe a teaspoon of Amaretto extract too.

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- Veronica on Feb 26, 2023
  
  Oh, yes,!
  
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- Lynda on Jul 10, 2023
  
  Or Christina a teeny bit of plain Amaretto!!!! Thanks for the great idea which lead me to the Amaretto. Love the chopped up cherry idea also!
  
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Sue on Feb 26, 2023

Question: I am fairly new at baking - so this may seem like a strange question.
The powders sugar - I assume is just to roll the dough in and not to be included in the
"Beat the ingredients all together". Thanks

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- Patricia on Feb 26, 2023
  
  That’s correct, roll in the powdered sugar before baking.
  
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- Calvin Coleman on Feb 26, 2023
  
  I’m a Chef and very experienced baker and I have the same question. The powdered sugar doesn’t say “divided” so it either all goes in the cake and you use extra sugar for the rolling, or all used to roll. Since it comes before the flour I am assuming the first.
  
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- Millie on Feb 26, 2023
  
  The directions are not very clear, it does say to mix all ingredients together and then it says to roll in powdered sugar. I’m assuming they should have stated extra powdered sugar for rolling. I’m going to lightly roll mine in some.
  
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- Kerry Smith on Apr 30, 2023
  
  I believe the confectioner's sugar is just to roll the cookie mix in before placing on the cookie sheet, it'sjust ¼ cup. It doesn't say "¼ cup powdered sugar, divided", or anything else. I agree, it should have at least been written "¼ cup powdered sugar, for rolling". I'm not a chef, and not overly expertised in baking, but it seemed evident that the powdered sugar was simply for rolling the dough. I'm looking forward to trying these.😋
  
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- Doc's Mom on Aug 16, 2023
  
  Cake mixes already have the flour, sugar, leavening, etc. in them; therefore, they do not require more sugar (as in the powdered sugar here). The recipe only mentioned the powdered sugar for rolling them in - typical for making this kind of cookie. They are pretty and delicious!
  
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- Naomie Moore aka baileyanddaisey, Castaic CA on Mar 04, 2024
  
  Always good to ask questions than be disappointed that a recipe didn't turn out well.
  
  I have been baking and cooking for 50 years. I still have mistakes when creating a recipe. Still edible, just didn't turn out as I had anticipated.
  
  The more you do, the more comfortable you will become. I learned to cook the old fashioned way, sight, feel and taste. That's all well and good for me, but if someone requests the recipe, that's is where it gets a little tricky. Quantifying the ingredients.
  
  Work slow, enjoy the process and have fun. This is meant to be a relaxing and fun activity.
  
  Getting food on the table during a regular work week is another story!
  
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- Naomie Moore aka baileyanddaisey, Castaic CA on Mar 04, 2024
  
  I have made these already. The powdered sugar is to roll the cookies in before baking to give them the crinkle effect when baked. I also smashed them down slightly with the bottom of a glass. They turned out real cute, made them for a baby shower and a backyard bbq. Well received at both events.
  
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