Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies

Recipe compliments of www.ITISAKEEPER.com

4 from 1 vote

Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies are so cute to make for Valentine's Day. Plus, they're super easy and need just 6 ingredients.

Prep Time : 20

Cook Time : 12

Total Time : 32

Servings: 24 cookies

Course: Dessert

Calories: 96kcal

Preheat Oven to 350℉.
In a large mixing bowl, add cake mix, strawberry jello mix, softened butter, softened cream cheese and egg. Use a hand-mixer on medium speed to mix combined.
Use a Tablespoon to scoop the dough and roll into balls. Place onto an ungreased baking sheet. Use the palm of your hand or the bottom of a flat glass to gently flatten the dough balls.
Bake in preheated oven for 12-14 minutes.
To create a perfect circle shape for your cookies, immediately after baking, use the circular ring of a mason jar lid, a circular cookie cutter, or the rim of a large glass and place over the top of each cookie. Move the object in a circular pattern around the cookie allowing it to gently touch the edges and reshape the cookie into a circle. This method only works when cookies are soft and fresh out of the oven.
Once reshaped into circles, use a spatula to carefully transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
To add the white chocolate drizzle to the cookies: Add white chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl and microwave on 50% power until melted, stirring every 30 seconds. Transfer melted white chocolate to a sandwich bag. Snip off a small corner of the bag and drizzle the white chocolate in a back and forth pattern over the top of each cookie.

Chill the dough for 20–30 minutes. Strawberry cake mix tends to be softer than vanilla or chocolate. A short chill firms the dough so the cookies hold their shape and bake up thicker instead of spreading thin.
Use room‑temperature eggs: Cold eggs tighten the batter and create streaky dough. Room‑temp eggs blend smoothly with the oil, giving you that even, tender crumb your readers expect.
Don’t overmix: Stir just until the dry pockets disappear. Overmixing activates the gluten and can make the cookies tough instead of soft and chewy.
Scoop small for the best texture: Strawberry cake mix cookies bake more evenly when kept around 1½ tablespoons. Larger scoops can stay doughy in the center.