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    Home » Recipes » 3 Ingredient Sugar Cookies You Can Make in Minutes!

    3 Ingredient Sugar Cookies You Can Make in Minutes!

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    If you’ve ever had a craving hit and just want an easy sweet treat, 3 ingredient sugar cookies are the answer!

    We’re huge fans of cake mix sugar cookies in our house for two reasons — they’re easy to make and you can make them quickly! Using cake mix as a base for easy sugar cookies is the key to making three ingredient cookies! See how we do it and how versatile this recipe is!

    3 Ingredient Sugar Cookies - Use cake mix to make these easy three ingredient cookies! The recipe is a quick way to make soft and chewy sugar cookies that are perfect for icing or decorated with sugar.

    3 Ingredient Sugar Cookies

    I’ll admit that I have a major sweet tooth and I’ve passed it down to my daughter. So we usually have some basic baking items stocked in our pantry. But I’m not the best at baking from scratch. I’m a huge fan of things like cake mix and other mixes.

    So when we want to whip up an impromptu batch of cookies, our cake mix is clutch. It’s the secret behind making any kind of easy 3 ingredient cookies! So grab a box and get baking!

    Ingredients needed to make 3 ingredient sugar cookies.

    3 Ingredient Sugar Cookies Ingredients

    When it comes to three ingredient cookies, the versatility comes in the type of cake mix you use for your cookies. You can use any brand though we love Duncan Hines Cake Mix Cookies around here. The brand is just a personal preference.

    The versatility comes in the flavor of cake mix you choose. For this easy sugar cookie recipe, we use white cake mix to keep it all really simple.

    • 1 box of white cake mix, any brand
    • 2 eggs
    • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
    • OPTIONAL – Colored Sugars

    The colored sugar is completely optional. Without it, you’ll have your basic 3 ingredient sugar cookies ready to go in no time at all.

    If you want to add a little cute factor to your cookies that’s where the colored sugar comes in. We wanted to make some “mermaid cookies” and the easiest way to make it happen was to break out the sugars!

    To make ours into mermaid cookies (without needing cookie cutters or fancy icing) we used blue, green, and purple colored sugar!

    To see another way we’ve used colored sugars with cake mix cookies, check out our Unicorn Cookies Recipe!

    The steps for how to make easy sugar cookies.

    How to Make White Cake Mix Sugar Cookies

    1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
    2. Pour the colored sugars onto a plate, keeping them slightly separate from each other (unless you just want a rainbow sprinkles look).
    3. Combine the cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil in a large bowl. Mix well.
    4. Scoop dough into 2″ balls. (We use a cookie scoop to make it easy but you can use a regular spoon and roll them a bit.)
    5. Dip the cookie balls into each sugar color, turning the cookie dough ball a bit between colors until the ball is covered.
    6. Place cookie dough balls 2″ apart on the baking pan.
    7. Bake for 8-10 minutes and remove from oven.
    8. Allow to cool completely and enjoy!

    *Makes approximately 2 dozen cookies

    Finished easy sugar cookies recipe made with cake mix.

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    Finished easy sugar cookies recipe made with cake mix.
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    3 Ingredient Sugar Cookies

    Easy cake mix cookie recipe that makes a batch of sugar cookies in less than 20 minutes!
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time10 mins
    Total Time20 mins
    Servings: 24 cookies
    Calories: 69

    Ingredients

    • 1 box white cake mix
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
    • colored sugars (optional)

    Instructions

    • Heat the oven to 350 degrees and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
    • Pour the colored sugars onto a plate, keeping them slightly separate from each other.
    • Combine the cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil in a large bowl. Mix well.
    • Scoop dough into 2″ balls.
    • Dip the cookie balls into each sugar color, turning the cookie dough ball a bit between colors until the ball is covered.
    • Place cookie dough balls 2″ apart on the baking pan.
    • Bake for 8-10 minutes and remove from oven. Allow to cool completely.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 69 kcal

     

    Three ingredient cookies decorated with colored sugar.

    In less than 20 minutes we can have a batch of easy sugar cookies ready to eat!

    If you want a different flavor of three ingredient cookies, just swap out the cake mix flavor in this recipe. We’ve used chocolate, lemon, red velvet and more! It’s definitely one of the easiest way to get your baking on!

    For another pretty easy cookie recipe, try making these four ingredient strawberry white chocolate chip cookies!

    3 Ingredient Sugar Cookies - Use cake mix to make these easy three ingredient cookies! The recipe is a quick way to make soft and chewy sugar cookies that are perfect for icing or decorated with sugar.

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    About Mariah

    Mariah is the mom of 2 and a former educator (preschool - 4th grade & special education) with a degree in human development. As a busy mom living in with a multi-generational family under one roof (with 4 dogs!), life is sometimes chaotic! She aims to share easy ideas that we can all use in our lives! Read more about Mariah!

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