Looking for an easy and festive dessert for the holidays? Cherry cake mix cookies are your answer! Cherry is one of my favourite flavours. Give me Cherry Coke, Cherry Sprite, cherry candy, the list goes on! It is fairly difficult to get your hands on cherry pieces for baking, though, at least here in Canada. So, I decided to go the cake mix cookie route with these. Baking from scratch can be a wonderful stress reliever, but cake mix cookies are a good way to come up with interesting flavours on a short amount of time- plus it is a good way to get into baking if you are new to it! Now, for the cherry and tasty cookies…
Many cooks and bakers will pooh pooh at cake mixes, but I think that they certainly have their uses. (Especially during the holiday season where it seems like you need desserts for 6 meals a day….) If you are short on time (or ingredients), or feel like getting creative, you can use them for cookies, fudge, and even milk shakes. You could create these things from scratch, but you may investing far more time and money than it is worth. To use cake mix for cookies, you typically just tweak the standard cake mix recipe to suit the consistency of cookies! These cookies are definitely going to set you apart at your next potluck or family gathering.
Cherry Cake Mix Cookies
-1 Box of Cherry Cake Mix Cookies
-1/2 cup vegetable oil
-2 large eggs
Directions
1. Pre-heat oven to 350°.
2. Completely mix cake mix, oil, and eggs.
3. Leave in refrigerator for 45-60 minutes.
4. Drop 1-2″ cookie balls on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
5. Bake for 7-8 minutes.
6. Let cool, enjoy!
What are your easy-to-make, festive desserts? And what else have you used cake mixes for?
Until tomorrow,
The Historian
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This sounds amazing! We don’t have cherry cake mix or anything like it here in the UK 🙁
That makes me so sad- it is so good!! I remember when I lived in Dublin, there weren’t a ton
Pro tip? Use melted unsalted butter instead of oil. It will change your LIFE. ?
Cake mix cookies are the bomb. I have an entire cook book for them! Some of my best cookies start with cake mix base. Living on the cusp of high altitude it enables some consistency. ??
Just sub in the same amount?! And there is a cake mix cookie COOKBOOK?!
Yes to both!!! I have the hard copy somewhere but I also downloaded the e-book version, which is more updated!!!
Who is the author?? I’ve found a few online but some seem better than others ??
Oh boy, I honestly have no idea. I’m sorry!!!!
That just means I will have to get all of them!
Looks like I’m baking tonight!
They look delicious: adding them to my to-do list!
Oh these look good. I’m always looking for easy cookie recipes and I love using cake mix to do it. Love this.
This sounds so yum and simple! Thanks, I’m pinning this for later.
I’ve never used cake mix in this way before, but always looking out for new ideas.
great pictures. Easy to follow instructions. Well done.
I’ve never even thought that you could do this before! They look great 🙂
I love it!