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💭 Why you’ll love this recipe
The yellow cake mix cookies are soft, fluffy, and packed with flavor.
They only require four ingredients. All you need for these cookies is a yellow cake mix, an egg, vegetable oil, and mix-ins of your choice. They’re quick and easy to make. These cookies come together in just 20 minutes! No chilling is required! They’re super customizable. I’ve made these cookies three ways here: with chocolate chips, M&Ms and sprinkles. But that’s just the beginning! You can also add in nuts or other chocolates of your choice, or even dried fruits.
📋 Ingredients and notes
To make these yellow cake mix cookies, you’ll just need the yellow cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, and mix-ins of your choice!
Notes and Variations
Trying other flavors of cake mix. You’re not limited to using yellow cake mix; you can also experiment with other flavors, like white or chocolate cake mix, or even strawberry.Make this vegan: If you want to make this cake recipe vegan, you can replace the eggs with an egg replacer such as a flaxseed meal or Just Egg.Mix-ins. This recipe can be easily customized. Aside from regular semi-sweet chocolate chips, I’ve also used white chocolate chips, sprinkles, M&Ms, or experiment with other toppings such as butterscotch chips, or even nuts. Pecan halves or chopped walnuts are both great!
Best Yellow Cake Mix Box
To figure out which yellow cake mix box was the best (not just for these cookies, even for making cakes) - I tested four of the most common brands: Betty Crocker (regular yellow, and the butter yellow), Duncan Hines classic yellow and Pillsbury moist supreme yellow. I tested these brands across three dimensions, by making cakes (following the box recipe) and cookies (following this recipe!)
Moisture: I wanted to make sure that the cake or cookies were wonderfully moist, because who likes a dry cake or cookie?! Flavor and Sweetness: I was looking for a cake mix that was sweet, but not overly so. I also wanted them to turn out fluffy and delicious. Price: I was looking for the best value for money with this cake mix. Most of the cake mixes were in the ballpark but there were some subtle differences.
❗The best yellow cake mix boxes were Duncan Hines (~1 per box) and Betty Crocker Super Moist Yellow (~1.08 per box)
📖 Make the best yellow cake mix cookies!
First, preheat the oven to 350°F. Add the cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil to a large mixing bowl. Then, using a spatula, stand mixer (paddle attachment), or hand mixer, combine them well. Note that the cookie dough will be quite thick. Then, fold in your chocolate chip cookies (or other toppings). Use a cookie scoop (or tablespoon) to measure and place cookies on a baking sheet, evenly spaced, with at least 1-2 inches between the cookies. This is important since the cookies will spread out when they bake. P.S., I use this baking sheet, which is insanely non-stick and just incredible! But if you’re using a baking sheet that’s not as non-stick, please use parchment paper or a silicone baking mat! Bake this recipe for ~9 minutes until they’re brown. You want the cookies to look slightly underdone in order to get the perfect, fluffy cookie consistency. If you like your cookie crisper, bake them for an extra minute. Serve these yellow cake mix cookies hot so you can enjoy them ASAP!
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🍴 Serving and storage suggestions
Store these cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week. I love this set of airtight containers for storing everything at home!
Do not overmix the batter. When you are mixing the ingredients together, be careful not to overmix. Over-mixing can result in tough cookies. Mix ingredients together until they are just combined.Use a cookie scoop. A cookie scoop is used to portion out cookie dough onto a baking sheet. Using a scoop helps ensure that all of your cookies are the same size, which helps them bake evenly. Do not over-bake. Overbaked cookies are dry and crumbly, and no one wants that! Be sure to bake your cookies until they are just barely set and then remove them from the oven. They will continue to cook on the hot baking sheet even after you take them out of the oven, so don’t worry if they look a little underdone at first.Allow the cookies to cool completely before storing them. If you store them while they are still warm, they will continue to cook and will become dry and crumbly. Allow them to cool completely on the baking sheet before transferring them to an airtight container!
You can also freeze them by letting them cool completely and placing them in a freezer bag for 2-3 months. When you’re ready to enjoy them, let them defrost at room temperature before indulging! Check out these other amazing, easy cookie recipes:
Strawberry Shortcake CookiesLemon Curd Cookies (Thumbprint!)No Chill Chocolate Chip CookiesThree Ingredient Nutella Cookies Simple Almond Flour Peanut Butter Cookies
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