Description
Santa’s chocolate chip cake mix cookies blend convenience with festive cheer. Home bakers can quickly create delightful treats that bring holiday joy to family gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 box white cake mix
- 3/4 cup (170 grams) chocolate chips
- 2 large egg whites
Liquid and Fat:
- 1/2 cup (120 milliliters) oil
Additional Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons (15 grams) flour
- 1/4 cup (40 grams) red, white and green holiday sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F, ensuring proper temperature for optimal cookie baking.
- In a large mixing bowl, blend cake mix, egg whites, flour, and oil until a smooth, consistent dough forms.
- Gently fold chocolate chips into the dough, distributing them evenly throughout the mixture.
- Using clean hands, roll the dough into uniform balls approximately 1-2 inches in diameter.
- Arrange cookie dough balls on ungreased baking sheets, spacing them 2-3 inches apart to allow room for spreading.
- Softly press down on each ball, flattening them to roughly 1/2 inch thickness with gentle fingertip pressure.
- Garnish the cookies with additional chocolate chips and colorful sprinkles, creating a festive Santa-themed appearance.
- Place baking sheets in the preheated oven and bake for 8-10 minutes, watching carefully to prevent over-browning.
- Remove cookies from the oven and allow them to rest on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes, which helps them set and prevents breaking.
- Carefully transfer cookies to a wire cooling rack to complete cooling and achieve the perfect texture.
Notes
- Customize the cake mix flavor by choosing different varieties like vanilla, red velvet, or funfetti for unique cookie twists.
- Swap oil with melted butter to enhance richness and create a deeper, more complex flavor profile.
- Transform these into gluten-free cookies by using a gluten-free cake mix and ensuring all ingredients are certified gluten-free.
- Create festive variations by adding crushed candy canes, seasonal sprinkles, or white chocolate chips during the holiday season.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg