Ingredients
Scale
- 15.25 oz box of French vanilla cake mix
- ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2 large eggs
- Green gel food coloring
- Red heart-shaped sprinkles
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and prepare your baking tray.
- In a small bowl, stir together powdered sugar and cornstarch.
- Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the cake mix, butter, oil, and eggs.
- Gently add green gel food coloring to get the perfect Grinch green color.
- Cover cookie dough with plastic wrap and allow to chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop the cookie dough and shape it into small golf ball sized balls.
- Roll the balls of cookie dough into the powdered sugar and cornstarch mixture.
- Place the cookies 1 inch apart on a parchment lined baking pan.
- Bake in preheated oven at 375°F for 8-10 minutes or until they puff up and you see beautiful cracks on top.
- Do not over-bake.
- Remove the cookies from the oven, let allow to cool for 2-3 minutes Then, gently press down a heart-shaped sprinkle on each cookie while they’re still warm so it sticks to the cookie.
- Cool cookies completely.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
NOTES:
You can store the Grinch Cookies in an air-tight container for 4 days at room temperature or around 3 months in the freezer. Thaw them for a couple of hours at room temperature before serving.
For chewier cookies and a less sticky dough, refridgerate cookie dough for at least 30 minutes.
Using gel food coloring will help the cookies look and taste better!
Feel free to add peppermint flavoring for a more "wintery" feeling cookie! Just a few drops will do the trick!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 78
- Sugar: 2
- Sodium: 20
- Fat: 7
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 3
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 4
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 1
- Cholesterol: 34