Easy Patriotic Cookies from a cake mix
This is a fun cake mix recipe for patriotic cookies. This little red white and blue sandwich cookie is always fun to serve around the Fourth of July.
Servings 12
Calories 349kcal
Ingredients
- 1 16.5 oz box white cake mix
- 1 cup butter divided
- 2 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- red gel food coloring
- blue gel food coloring
- Patriotic sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix together cake mix, 1/2 cup butter, and 2 eggs.
- Divide dough evenly between two bowls.
- Add a few drops of red food coloring to one bowl, mixing well. Continue adding food coloring until you get your desired shade of red.
- Repeat this process for the blue in the other bowl.
- Drop cookie dough by rounded spoonfuls onto the parchment paper.
- Bake 10-11 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix 1/2 cup butter, cream cheese, and vanilla until fluffy. Mix in powdered sugar.
- Once cookies are cooked and cooled, pipe icing onto one cookie and top with another cookie. Be sure to flip the cookies over so you have a flat surface on both sides of the icing.
- Hold cookies sideways and rotate to sprinkle with fun patriotic sprinkles.
Nutrition
Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 207mg | Potassium: 41mg | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 766IU | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg