These Easy Christmas Cookies Recipe with 5 Ingredients are my tradition – they are so moist and tender. They are easy to make and you can do so many variations. My kids and I have been making them for years.
One of my favorite holiday traditions is baking cookies to give as gifts to my mailman, hairdresser, teachers, office staff, friends, and family. Let’s get baking!
Note: This recipe makes three dozen cookies.
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Ingredients for Easy Christmas Cookies
- 1 box (15.25 oz) white cake mix
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2/3 cup sprinkles
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How to Make Easy Christmas Cookies
#1. Mix cake mix, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a bowl.
#2. The dough will be stiff but continue to mix until well blended. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
#3. Preheat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
#4. Shape dough into tablespoon-size dough balls, I use a 1-tablespoon portion scoop and dip into sprinkles. Use a spoon to toss the dough in the sprinkles and coat all sides.
#5. Place dough onto the prepared baking sheet, 2″ apart. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until centers are set. Let cool completely.
#6. Place 1/2 cup white chocolate or candy melts into a microwave-safe container and microwave according to package directions.
#7. Place melted chocolate into a baggie, snip the corner, and pipe white trees onto half the cookies.
#8. Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until chocolate is firm. Enjoy!
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Other Cookie Recipes to Try
If you’ve enjoyed these Easy Christmas Cookies, I highly recommend trying these other desserts:
- Apple Oatmeal Cookies
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookie
- Cranberry Almond Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Cake Biscotti
- Chocolate Chip Cookies with Walnuts
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Easy Christmas Cookie Recipe with 5 Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 box (15.25 oz) white cake mix
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2/3 cup sprinkles
- Ziploc bags (or piping bags)
Instructions
- Mix cake mix, oil, eggs, and vanilla together in a bowl.
- The dough will be stiff but continue to mix until well blended. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Shape dough into tablespoon-size dough balls, I use a 1 tablespoon portion scoop and dip into sprinkles. Use a spoon to toss the dough in the sprinkles and coat all sides.
- Place dough onto the prepared baking sheet, 2″ apart. Bake 9-11 minutes or until centers are set. Let cool completely.
- Place 1/2 cup white chocolate or candy melts into a microwave-safe container and microwave according to package directions.
- Place melted chocolate into a baggie, snip the corner and pipe white trees onto half of the cookies.
- Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until chocolate is firm.
I have been collecting cookie recipes for my cookie exchange this month. These look so delicious and easy to make. I am sure they will be a big hit.
These cookies seriously MAKE ME DROOL! These types were HANDS DOWN my favorite when I was a little lady!
I love how easy these cookies are. They look so delicious too.
Those are VERY cute! With the box cake as the main ingredient I am betting these are SUPER soft! I think I will have to make these for my kiddos teacher!
I made boxed cake mix cookies this past weekend for the first time ever. My kids flipped over them. My son went on and on about the devils food cake with dark choc chips. He does not eat sweets often so I was genuinely surprised! I love how easy and simple they are! Will have to try this one next!!
This is great recipe for upcoming Christmas! Those look yummy! Got to try this recipe it’s simple and easy!
I can not resist a cookie with sprinkles on them! I just love baking and eating all sorts of cookies this time of year. These look yummy and are great to hand out as gifts.
Wow, I haven’t used cake mix to bake cookies. These look so delicious right now, and perfect for Christmas giving and get-togethers.
These are so cute! I bet they taste really good too, I am always looking for a new Christmas cookie recipe to add to my list and this will be one of them.
We love cake mix cookies – We call them Cakies… There is never a shortage of boxed cake mixes in our house – extremely versatile.
These are such a cute idea! My son would love making these, maybe we’ll try this out tonight! Thanks for sharing!
Making cookies from cake mix is such a great idea. I am going to have to give this a try.