Red White & Blue Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies

Stack of cookies for a patriotic holiday with red, white, and blue.

Red White & Blue Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies

Red White & Blue Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies are the easiest and most festive treat for Memorial Day or Fourth of July celebration. With only 4 ingredients, one being a cake mix, these cake mix crinkle cookies couldn't be easier to make!

Course Cookies

Cuisine American

Keyword patriotic desserts, red white and blue crinkle cookies, red white and blue recipes, Red, White & Blue Cookies

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 30

Servings cookies

Calories 166kcal

Author Jessica - Together as Family

Ingredients

1 box (15.25 oz) white cake mix
1/3 cup vegetable oil (or canola oil)
2 large eggs
3/4 cup powdered sugar
red gel food coloring
blue gel food coloring

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper, baking mat, or spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, using a hand mixer, beat together the cake mix, oil, and eggs until combined. About 1-2 minutes. Start on low speed and increase speed as needed.
1 box (15.25 oz) white cake mix, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, 2 large eggs
Divide the cookie batter between three separate bowls. Leave one bowl white, dye the other bowl blue, and the other red.
^{* I just use a separate spoon for each color to mix them until the color is well dispersed.}
^{* No need to measure the dough precisely for each bowl. Just eyeball it and try to make the bowls as even as possible.}
red gel food coloring, blue gel food coloring
Place the powdered sugar into a separate bowl or plate.
3/4 cup powdered sugar
Working with one color at a time, use a medium cookie scoop (1.5 tablespoons) to scoop the batter and roll into a ball. Repeat with the remaining colors - wash the cookie scoop between each color.
Roll each dough ball in the powdered sugar making sure to coat it well. Place 12 cookies per cookie sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are set and the cookie look puffy.
Remove them from the oven and let them cool on the warm baking sheet for 10 minutes. Move the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
^{* If wanted, I like to use a powdered sugar duster tool to lightly sprinkle additional powdered sugar over the cookies once they're cooled. Sometimes the powdered sugar can appear dry (like not as vibrant) once it is cooked.}

Notes

Tips : If the dough seems too sticky or tacky to work with, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the cookie dough to refrigerate for about 30 minutes. This should make it easier to work with. I have never had to do this but it is an option if you're having trouble.

For the best vibrant color results, use gel food coloring rather than the liquid stuff. You can find the gel colors in the baking aisle at the grocery store, or in the cake decorating aisle at a craft store or Walmart.

As the cookies bake the powdered sugar might dissolve into the cookie and not look as pretty as before. Once the cookies are cooled, I like to sprinkle on some additional powdered sugar to make them look prettier. I use a powdered sugar duster or just use clean hands.

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