Super Fast Sugar Cookies (Cake Mix Sugar Cookies)

Perfect sugar cookies are usually a labor of love. Not these ones.  They are the perfect go to when you're craving a  delicious, soft sugar cookie but don't have the time or energy to make them from scratch.   Or they're just great for a last minute treat you need to take to a dessert night, party  or get together with friends.  

We took these up to a friends' cabin a couple of weekends ago and no one knew they were from a cake mix.   So don't feel like you have to let the secret out;)  Just watch them vanish from the plate. 

You can keep them really simple by using store bought frosting or put just a little bit of love and labor into them and make homemade frosting.  **I highly recommend this--after all, frosting takes just a few minute to make and really makes the cookies taste home made.   I used an almond buttercream frosting but you can use any favorite frosting recipe for these.  

Cake Mix Sugar Cookies
slightly adapted from Skip To My Lou

1 box French Vanilla Cake Mix (or you can just use a white cake mix- I like the French Vanilla)
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix everything together and scoop heaping spoonfuls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.  Bake for 9-11 minutes.  Let cool for 1-2 minutes before removing to a wire rack.  Let cook completely before frosting.  Cookies should be soft so make sure you don't over-bake.

Easy Almond Buttercream Frosting
from Taste of Home

1/2 cup butter, soft
5 tbsp milk
1 tsp almond extract
3 1/2-4 cups powdered sugar


Cream butter until fluffy.  Beat in milk and almond extract.  Slowly mix in powdered sugar.  Beat until creamy.  (Add more milk to reach desired consistency)

Frost a thick layer onto cookies and enjoy.   Add food coloring to your frosting or sprinkles to your cookies if desired.