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Green Christmas Crinkle Cookies are tasty, soft baked green cookies made from a store bought cake mix, eggs and butter. Easy to make and fun to color, these crinkle cookies are the perfect Christmas cookies to share with family and friends!
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After doing much research on the phenomena that is the Christmas Crinkle Cookie and finding approximately 7000 recipes and just as many pictures, I figured they were going to be good but considering their ingredient list is pretty minimal, I really wasn’t expecting them to be GREAT.
There are some recipes that surprise you. This Green Christmas Crinkle Cookies recipe is one of them.
WHY THESE GREEN CHRISTMAS CRINKLE COOKIES ARE THE BEST!
With Christmas and the holiday season right around the corner, I was looking for an easy green cookie recipe made with a store bought cake mix and a few simple ingredients that would be fun for kids to bring to school to celebrate the day.
Let me just say that this recipe makes 36 cookies… by nightfall there were 13of themleft in my house.
- These Green Crinkle Cookies are made using just FIVE ingredients … six if you count the food coloring 🙂
- Even though these are Christmas Crinkle Cookies, you can totally pass these off as green St. Patrick’s Day cookies too #multitasking
- These are the softest, fluffiest cookies and adding almond extract makes these sweet treats irresistible
- Cake mixes are often Buy One, Get One so if you make two boxes of cake mix cookies, technically no one knows how many cookies you ate while in the kitchen alone
- Easy to make, super cute, crazy tasty … “Hostest with the Mostest” award goes to … (insert your name HERE) …
To make these Green Christmas Crinkle Cookies, you will need:
- White box cake mix – this is the foundation of your crinkle cookies
- Eggs – for moisture and stabilization
- Butter – FLAVOR
- Powdered sugar – your crinkle cookies can crack but they aren’t crinkles without the powdered sugar on top
- Almond extract – MORE FLAVOR
- Green gel food coloring – bright green color perfect for the Christmas holidays
HOW TO MAKE GREEN CRINKLE COOKIES
Start by preheating your oven to 375 degrees and spray your cookie sheet with non-stick spray or cover with a sheet of parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl, combine melted butter with the cake mix, almond extract and eggs. When you have your ingredients combined, add in several drops of green food coloring and mix it in.
Refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes. Once chilled, remove from refrigerator and spooning up enough dough to roll into a 1 inch ball. Drop the ball into the powdered sugar and roll it around to cover it completely.
Move your cookie to your prepared cookie sheet and repeat until all the dough has been used.
When your sheet is full, cook them for 10-11 minutes. They will be puffy and crinkly and beautiful.Remove them from the oven, let them cool for one minute and then move them to a cooling rack.
PRO TIPS FOR PERFECT CHRISTMAS CRINKLE COOKIES
- Don’t be shy with the food coloring .. once you think your crinkle cookies are green enough, add a bit more. The cookies will lighten as they cook.
- I prefer food coloring gel vs. liquid food coloring because it doesn’t compromise the consistency of the batter.
- Don’t skip chilling the dough in the refrigerator. I brings the dough together and your cookies will be fluffier and hold their shape better if you chill the dough first.
- You can flavor these Green Christmas Crinkle Cookies with any extract flavoring your like .. almond, vanilla, peppermint …
- Using a small kitchen scoop is a great way to ensure you crinkles cookies are all the same size
- If you want to kick up the Christmas dessert table presentation, re-drop your cookies top down in the powdered sugar one extra time right when they come out of the oven.
MORE EASY COOKIE RECIPES YOU WILL LOVE
- Copycat Lofthouse Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Cut Out Cookies
- Soft BakedOrangeSugar Cookies
- Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
- GreenSoft Sugar Cookies
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Green Christmas Crinkle Cookies
Green Christmas Crinkle Cookies are tasty, soft baked green cookies made from a store bought cake mix, eggs and butter. Easy to make and fun to color, these crinkle cookies are the perfect Christmas cookies to share with family and friends!
Heather - A Wicked Whisk
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes minutes
Chill Time 30 minutes minutes
Total Time 44 minutes minutes
Serving Size 36 Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box White cake mix
- 8 tablespoon butter melted
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- Green gel food coloring
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray.
Melt the butter and in a large bowl, combine with the cake mix, almond extract and eggs.
When you have your ingredients combined, add in several drops of green food coloring and mix it in.
Chill dough in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes and pour powdered sugar into a small bowl. Set aside
Once chilled, remove dough and scoop up enough dough to roll into a 1 inch ball. Roll the ball around until covered in powdered sugar and set on your cookie sheet. Cook cookies for 9 minutes.
Remove them from the oven, let them cool for one minute and then move them to a cooling rack.
Notes
PRO TIPS FOR PERFECT CHRISTMAS CRINKLE COOKIES
- Don't be shy with the food coloring .. once you think your crinkle cookies are green enough, add a bit more. The cookies will lighten as they cook.
- I prefer food coloring gel vs. liquid food coloring because it doesn't compromise the consistency of the batter.
- Don't skip chilling the dough in the refrigerator. I brings the dough together and your cookies will be fluffier and hold their shape better if you chill the dough first.
- You can flavor these Green Christmas Crinkle Cookies with any extract flavoring your like .. almond, vanilla, peppermint ...
- Using a small kitchen scoop is a great way to ensure you crinkles cookies are all the same size
- If you want to kick up the Christmas dessert table presentation, re-drop your cookies top down in the powdered sugar one extra time right when they come out of the oven.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 33kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.17g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.74g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 5mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 39550IU | Calcium: 30mg
Update Notes: This post was originally published in February of 2018 but was republished with an updated recipe, new photos, step by step instructions and tips in October of 2019.
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