Transform your kitchen into a winter wonderland when you whip up a batch of these soft and chewy Winter Cookies! Loaded with white chocolate chips, and tinted the prettiest shade of light blue, these whimsical delights will have you dreaming of frosty snowfalls and glistening snowflakes all day long! You’ll just need 5 ingredients!
Winter Cookies
If you’re planning an epic Winter Wonderland party or want the perfect wintery themed New Years or Christmas cookies, this is the cookie masterpiece you’ll want to be serving!
These gorgeous winter cookies truly are a creation in sheer beauty. They’re beautifully tinted blue… and absolutely jam-packed with heavenly white chocolate morsels!
Margo writes: "Very easy to make and tasted wonderful!!!"
They’re also a cinch to make. You’ll need just 5 ingredients and a few minutes for prep. All thanks to an unassuming box of cake mix.
Trust me, making your winter cookies using cake mix… this is the brilliant baking hack you’ve been looking for!
You’ll be able to effortlessly create perfectly soft and moist cookies with hardly any effort.
Just like when you make these Christmas Snowman Cookies, these Almond Joy Cookies, and these Chocolate Crinkles, too!
Just be sure to keep an eye on those cookie sheets once these little blue beauties pop out of your oven. Because when the heavenly aroma of these cookies fills your home, the chances of large scale cookie disappearances becomes MASSIVE!
Seriously, if you look away for just a moment… these cookies are likely to vanish right into thin air!
So on the bright side, if you’re interested in becoming an instant kitchen superstar, go ahead and make yourself a date with these charming little blue cookies!
They’re the perfect way to win the most popular person award at your home!!
Ingredients
It’s so simple to make the best winter cookies using just 5 simple ingredients!
Just round up these ingredients…
- Cake Mix
- Melted Butter (or Vegetable or Canola Oil)
- Eggs
- Blue Food Gel
- White Chocolate Chips
That’s it. So simple.
Believe me, winter cookies recipes with few ingredients and hardly any prep like this are your hot ticket to a fresh cookie paradise!
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Baking up a batch of these winter cookies is going to be so easy. Just follow these simple step-by-step instructions:
1. Mix up your cookie dough.
2. Stir in White Chocolate Chips with a large spoon.
3. Then chill your cookie dough in the refrigerator.
4. After dough has chilled, roll dough into small balls, and place on cookie sheet.
5. Bake in oven, then allow the cookies to cool on cookies sheets for 5 minutes, prior to moving to wire racks to finish cooling.
6. Once your winter themed cookies have completely cooled, it’s time to Serve & Enjoy!
Of course with Cake Mix Cookies Recipes, one batch is rarely enough. So repeat these steps as necessary… until every last cookie monster craving in your home has been satisfied! 🙂
Scroll down for the printable recipe card with detailed, step-by-step instructions.
Make Ahead Cookie Baking Tips
These tinted cake mix cookies are SO easy to prep ahead of time!
Your cookie dough can be made today, then stored covered in the refrigerator up to 2 days prior to baking your winter wonderland cookies.
Storage Tips
After your winter cookies have baked, they can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days, covered in an airtight container.
Winter Cookies Reviews
Here’s What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About This Easy Winter Cookies Recipe…
Christy writes: “Very easy and yummy.”
Ivy writes: “Yum, yum. Easy and delicious 😋”
Margo writes: “Very easy to make and tasted wonderful!!!”
Kerry writes: “My go to quick cookie recipe. Thanks!!”
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Winter Cookies
Ingredients
- 13.25 ounces Betty Crocker Vanilla Cake Mix , (if using a 15.25 oz. box, increase butter to 1/2 cup)
- 1/3 cup Melted Butter, (Vegetable or Canola Oil can be substituted)
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 Blue Gel Food Coloring, (or about 17 drops Blue Food Coloring)
- 1 2/3 cup White Chocolate Chips, (10 ounces)
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients.
- Combine Cake Mix, Melted Butter (or oil), and Eggs in large mixing bowl, and mix with hand mixer or stand mixer until well combined.
- Add 17 drops of Blue Food Coloring or desired amount of Blue Gel Food Coloring, and continue mixing until dough is tinted light blue.
- Stir in White Chocolate Chips with large wooden spoon.
- Cover dough and chill in refrigerator for 2 hours.
- After dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll cookie dough into 1 1/2 tablespoon sized rounded balls and transfer to cookie sheet.
- Bake on center oven rack for 7 – 13 minutes, or until done. (Note: Bake on the shorter end of the time range for non-stick cookie sheets & longer end of the time range for aluminum cookie sheets.)
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes.
- Transfer cookies to wire racks to finish cooling, and ENJOY!
Notes
- Butter: When it comes to cake mix cookies, salted or unsalted butter can be used, as the cake mix will have a little salt in it. However, I’ve found that salted butter will result in superior flavor.
- Make Ahead Cookie Baking Tips: These tinted cake mix cookies are SO easy to prep ahead of time! Your cookie dough can be made today, then stored covered in the refrigerator up to 2 days prior to baking your Winer Wonderland cookies.
- Storage Tips: After your cookies have baked, they can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days, covered in an airtight container.
- FAQ’s: For answers to Frequently Asked Questions or tips for common substitutions and variations, please refer to the detailed information above this recipe card.
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