I absolutely love the simplicity of bookies made with boxed cake mix. During the holiday season, I bake dozens and dozens of cake mix cookies. While prepping for an upcoming Halloween party, I picked up a box of limited edition apple cider cupcake mix from Betty Crocker. The resulting cookies were lightly sweet and tasted just like fall.

Ingredients

• 1 Betty Crocker apple cider cupcake and frosting kit
• 6 tablespoons of softened butter
• 2 tablespoons of milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon of corn starch

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375°.
2. Combine the powdered sugar and corn starch in a small bowl.
3. Beat together the softened butter, eggs, and milk in a large bowl.
4. Slowly add the cake mix to the butter mixture. Combine thoroughly.
5. Slowly add the whole wheat flour. Combine thoroughly.
6. Drop teaspoons of the cookie dough into the powdered sugar mixture.
7. Roll the dough ball in the powdered sugar until thoroughly covered.
8. Form the powdered sugar-covered dough into a ball.
9. Place the powdered sugar-covered dough ball on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Leave 2 inches between the dough balls.
10. Bake the cookies for 9 minutes or until the bottoms begin to brown.
11. Allow the baked cookies to cool thoroughly.
12. Ice the cookies with the apple cider frosting from the kit.
13. Store the apple cider cake mix cookies in an airtight container.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Credits

Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookies Recipe © 2016 Heather Johnson
Ingredients for Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Creaming the Butter for the Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Mixing the Butter, Eggs, and Milk for the Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Adding the Apple Cider Cake Mix to the Butter Mixture © 2016 Heather Johnson
Adding the Whole Wheat Flour to the Dough Mixture © 2016 Heather Johnson
Blending the Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookie Dough © 2016 Heather Johnson
Rolling the Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookies in Powdered Sugar and Corn Starch © 2016 Heather Johnson
Baked Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Cooled Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Icing the Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Iced Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Apple Cider Cake Mix Cookies Ready to Eat © 2016 Heather Johnson