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?
Servings: 22 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box vanilla cake mix {13.25 ounces}
- ½ cup butter softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 ounces rainbow nonpareils
- 20-22 frosted animal cookies I used pink
Instructions
- Preheat the 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.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 153kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 188mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 209IU | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 0.4mg