Soft and Thick Sugar Cookies (Made from Cake Mix)

Soft and Thick Sugar Cookies
(Made from Cake Mix)

•  18 oz box white cake mix with pudding in the mix (any brand or flavor works. chocolate, yellow, orange, strawberry, etc. If using a smaller box mix, add a few extra tablespoons of flour.)
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract to your taste
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 2 Tablespoon sour cream (regular or reduced fat)

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, stir together cake mix and flour.
• Add vanilla, eggs, oil and sour cream and mix on medium speed until incorporated. Batter will be fairly stiff.
• Use a cookie scoop or roll into approximately one inch balls and bake on a baking sheet lined with a Silpat or parchment paper. This will help keep the bottoms of the cookies from browning.
• Using your hand, gently flatten the cookies to about 1/2″ thick. You don’t want the bottoms to be browned or you’ve over baked these.
• Bake approximately 8 minutes until just set.
• Let cool about one minute on the pan and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. 

• 1-2 Tablespoons milk or cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or 1/4 t. almond extract to your taste
• 2-3 cups powdered sugar Food coloring or sprinkles as desired
  

• Mix powder sugar, flavoring, and powdered sugar until smooth and spreadable adding more milk or sugar as needed.
• Frost cooled cookies and decorate as desired.
• Store cookies in an airtight container.