Giving my favourite crinkle cookies a holiday makeover.
The perfect addition to any Christmas sweet table.
I had never been part of a Christmas cookie exchange before. I see all sorts of ideas on Pinterest and I’m like, “Why haven’t I ever organized something like this?!”
Well, another Christmas season is fast-approaching and I still have yet to participate in one. Instead, I have teamed-up with a group of fabulous bloggers for a Cookie Blog Hop and I can’t wait to show you what they have up their sleeves!
Today, I’m sharing the recipe to my oh-so sweet and oh-so easy crinkle cookies.
These crinkle cookies are actually made from a cake mix with a few tweaks to the recipe. All it takes is some simple ingredients (that are most likely already in your pantry!) and a bit of imagination.
Holly Crinkle Cookies: The Cutest Cookies You’ll Make This Season
For the cookies:
1 box chocolate cake mix
1/3 cup canola oil
2 eggs, at room temperature
3 tbsp granulated sugar
6 tbsp confectioners’ sugar
For the decorations:
Red decorating frosting
White decorating frosting
3 oz. green fondant
Yields: approx. 18 cookies
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In a bowl, mix together chocolate cake mix, canola oil, and 2 eggs. Wrap the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
Remove from the refrigerator and preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Roll each cookie into 1 inch spheres and coat with granulated sugar, followed by the powdered sugar. Place on cookie sheet, about 1-2 inches apart.
Bake for 9 to 12 minutes and allow to cool completely before decorating.
To decorate, use a round frosting tip to create 2-3 circles on each cookie.
Roll 36 small spheres out of your green fondant. Flatten the fondant spheres, giving each a pointed end. Use scissors to cut out a leafy-edge.
On the back of each fondant leaf, frost out a bit of white decorating frosting. Secure 2 on each cookie.
Serve and enjoy!
Now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! I teamed-up with a group of my favourite bloggers and I am so proud to present their delicious cookies… perfect for the holiday season!
Swiss Mountain Shortbread by Kim of Kim Power Style
German Iced Spice Christmas Cookies by Christina of The DIY Mommy
Slice and Bake Shortbread Cookies by Jo-Anna of A Pretty Life in the Suburbs
Cathedral Window Cookies by Rita of Harbour Breeze Home
Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti by Kendra of Joy In Our Home
Cranberry Orange Shortbread by Jen of Kitchen Counter Chronicles
Maple Shortbread Snowflakes by Laura of one house 2 barns
Ritz Cracker Bark (aka Crookies) by Courtenay of Creek Line House
Peppermint Hot Cocoa Cookies by Jennifer of Happily Organized Chaos
Earl Grey Snowball Cookies by Tan of Squirrelly Minds
Gingerbread Cookies by Dannyelle of Life is a Party
These cookies look delicious. Using a chocolate cake mix makes it easy to make these cookies. Thinking I could use different cake mixes for different flavors.
Those look absolutely gorgeous! I love crinkle cookies it brings me back to my childhood when my grandma would make cookies for me. I love what you did with these!
Yep, these are very cute cookies!
The little berry leaf on top takes it to the next level. These are a cute cookie, and they look so tasty!
You would be a great addition to any cookie exchange. These look so good and i would try and make them before the season is over.
I’ve always wanted to try making these cookies. They would be so much fun to bring to a holiday party.
Yum, I love how these turned out. They sound amazing. And they look pretty. It’s been ages since I’ve had crinkle cookies.
What a delicious collection of cookie recipes. We’re not doing a Christmas cookie holiday swap this year as we’ll be out of the country during the holidays but I am sharing this post with my friends and bookmarking so I can make some when we return.
Oh these are cute. I can’ believe I’ve never made a crinkle cookie before…that’ll have to change this year.
These cookies are so darling and elegant. The holly decoration is so unique and came out great!
These are so pretty Lisa! I love the little icing holly berries!
I make these too! They’re so good and everyone in my family enjoys them. Your pictures are beautiful.
Amazing and so cute! Thanks for the recipe!
Ok, now I want some cookies. Those looks so yummy and so festive too!
I see these cookies every Christmas and always wanted to try them, now I have the recipe! Thanks for sharing, they look delish.
Looks delicious and looks like it is easy to make. Your recipe is something any person like me could follow. Thanks
I like a good crinkle cookie. And I love that these are made from simple ingredients that I have on hand like cake mix. I want to try to make these for the school’s holiday party.
Those are incredibly cute. I love crinkle cookies (second only to snickerdoodles!) and I want to make some that look like yours!
You have selected some top of the top Christmas cookies for exchanging this year. I have a group of gals we host a cookie exchange every year and this is going to be one of my baking sessions this year
These are some of my favorite Christmas Cookies to make. I love how you dressed them up for the holidays!
These cookies almost look too good to eat! Almost! I love the decorations on top!
All of these cookies look so yummy!! I want to try them but they would be so bad for my diet…LOL!!
These looks so delicious!!