Frosted Animal Cookies Recipe
A vanilla cake mix is transformed into the most fun and delicious childlike cookie ever. Who doesn't love a cookie baked into a cookie?
Ingredients
- 1-15.25 oz vanilla cake mix
- ½ cup butter {softened}
- 4 oz cream cheese {softened}
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 4 oz rainbow nonpareils
- 20-22 frosted animal cookies {I used pink}
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Combine the cream cheese and butter with a hand held mixer {or by hand} until you have a cream consistency. Add egg and vanilla extract. Mix until incorporated. Finally, add the cake mix and mix until it is well combined and thick.
- Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough {using a medium scoop or 1 1/2 tablespoons} onto a dish that is covered in the rainbow nonpareils. Roll the cookie in the sprinkles to cover. Place sprinkle coated cookie dough balls onto a parchment {or silicone} lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and press a Frosted Animal Cookie into the middle of each baked cookie. Press down so that the animal cookie is indented into the baked cake mix cookie.
- Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then move to a cooling tray to cool completely. The pink frosting on the outside of the Animal Cookies will slightly melt, so be sure you wait for that to harden back up.
- Serve or store in an air tight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.