If you are looking for great-tasting Christmas cake mix cookies made with just a few ingredients that you can make in a hurry, then this easy Christmas cookie recipe is perfect for you. With only a few ingredients that are commonly found in your kitchen, you can make the dough in less than five minutes.
This recipe requires only four ingredients and is perfect for when you are short on time. Can you believe you can turn a cake mix into cookies?
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Why Christmas Cake Mix Cookies Will Become A Tradition
- Cake Mix Base: This easy Christmas cookie recipe is better known as cake mix cookies. The basic dough is made with a yellow cake mix.
- Customizable: The Christmas cookie dough is easy to change up the flavor add-ins. You could add simple chocolate chips or any holiday season M&Ms to pieces of peppermint candy canes.
- Easy Cookie Exchange Idea:They are so good you will want to take them to a cookie exchange, serve them on Santa’s cookie tray on Christmas Eve, or have a cozy night watching a Christmas movie.
- Kids Love These Cookies: If you need a tasty treat for a kids’ Christmas party or a quick last-minute gift idea, then this recipe is perfect.
- Quick To Bake and Eat: If you have a late-night sweet tooth during the holiday season, you can have warm baked cookies in less than 20 minutes.
- Easy For Kids To Make: This is a great recipe for young kids to help make because it is so simple. They can tell their friends at the school holiday party they made them.
Only 4 Ingredients Needed
Four ingredients,yes only four to make these cake mix cookies with a Duncan Hines box of yellow cake mix. You can keep the 4 simple ingredients on hand, then when last-minute guests pop in, or you forget to make a gift you will be the star with warm cookies coming out of the oven.
- One box of yellow cake mix: This is not brand specific just use your favorite.
- Eggs: When baking with eggs in the recipe it is best to allow them to come to room temperature on the counter before mixing in.
- Coconut oil: I like to use butter-flavored coconut oil. Be sure the oil is melted to liquid form. You could also use vegetable oil if you prefer.
- M&Ms: Let your imagination go. There is a variety of flavored M&Ms on the market during Christmas. This recipe calls for plain milk chocolate M&Ms but don’t feel limited to just these.
📝 Note: You can find the full recipe with ingredients and measurements in the recipe card located at the bottom of this post.
Step-by-Step Easy Cookie Instructions
One thing nice about making this recipe it only requires one bowl, spoon, and a baking sheet. Clean-up is easy.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
- Break room-temperature eggs into a large bowl and whisk them together for about 30 seconds.
- Add cake mix and butter-flavored coconut oil to the eggs.
Pro Tip: Using Eggs In Baking
Whole eggs and egg whites whip up to a much greater volume when at room temperature. If you want your baked goods lighter and fluffier be sure to set your eggs out an hour before baking.
- Stir until the dough is mixed together well.
- Add M&Ms
Pro Tip: Adding Mix-Ins
Don’t over-stir after adding M&Ms. If you do, the color of the M&Ms comes off into the dough some. Just quickly fold them in, scoop and bake.
- Stir in the M&Ms. The best way to do this is with a large spoon, folding them in gently so they do not break apart.
- Using a cookie scoop, make even-sized dough balls and place them on the parchment cookie sheet.
- Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 12- 15 minutes. You want them to be slightly light brown.
- Remove them from the oven, wait one minute and then move them to a cooling rack.
Pro Tip: How To Make Non-Dairy Buttery-Flavored Cookies
If you want a non-dairy option, yet not sacrifice a buttery flavor, I have found using Nutiva Coconut Oil with Non-Dairy Butter Flavor is the perfect buttery oil when baking.
Mix-In Ideas and Variations
Really, this easy recipe is limitless in the variations for your add-ins. This could be made for about any holiday using color-themed M&Ms.
- Peanut butter M&Ms
- Peanut M&M’s
- Mint M&Ms
- chocolate chips
- butterscotch chips
- Mini marshmallows
- Andies mint pieces
- Brownie bite M&Ms
- Mix in 1/2 cup coconut and macadamia nuts
🍪 How To Serve On A Cookie Try
This easy Christmas cookie recipe with few ingredients will be great to take to a Christmas party or cookie exchange. Here is how:
- Start with a large tray that has a slight edge. This will help the cookies stay in place when moving the tray.
- Be sure your cookies are room temperature before you place them on the tray.
- Try to get a variety of cookies when deciding what to put on the tray. Add some nutty cookies like Pistachio Cranberry Cookies or Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies. Be sure to put some old-fashioned holiday favorites like Blackstrap Molasses Cookies.
- Type out a card to set by the tray with the name of each type of cookie and a short description. Be prepared, people will want their favorite recipes.
- An easy way to keep the cookies fresh is to seal the tray with several sheets of plastic wrap.
- You could also use a disposable cookie tray like this Round Flat Catering Serving Party Tray This is perfect to take to parties so you don’t have to worry about your tray.
⚖️ Need a big batch to feed a crowd? You can easily change the number of servings in the recipe card below by tapping 2x or 3x. The ingredient measurements will automatically double or triple. You can then tap print and there you have it, a recipe for a crowd.
Do you have a question about the recipe? Feel free to ask in the comments below. I’m here to help!
Best Easy Christmas Cookies With Only A Few Ingredeients
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Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup coconut oil (butter flavor)
- 1 1/3 cup M&Ms
Instructions
- Break eggs into a large bowl, whisk them together for about 30 seconds.
- Add cake mix and butter flavored coconut oil.
- Stir until the dough is mixed together well
- Add M&Ms. Stir in the M&Ms. The best way to do this is with a large wooden spoon, folding them in gently so they do not break apart.
- Using a cookie scoop, make even-sized dough balls and place them on the parchment cookie sheet.
- Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 12- 15 minutes. You want them to be slightly light brown.
- Remove them from the oven, wait one minute and then move them to a cooling rack.
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