Christmas Trend: Fun, Flavor, Color

Cake Batter Cookie Stackers

Take sugar cookies to a whole new level of delicious! Kids and adults will love these cake batter flavored cookies with colorful frosting, and lots of sprinkles! Stack ‘em up and watch ‘em go.

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(2 Ratings)

PREP TIME

• 30 Min
• TOTAL TIME 1 Hr 15 Min
• SERVINGS 18

 

Cookies

1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix

1/2 cup Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix (dry mix from box)

1/2  cup butter, softened

1  egg

1/2 cup Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix (dry mix from box)

Frosting

2  cups powdered sugar

1/3 cup butter, softened

1  teaspoon vanilla

1  to 2 tablespoons milk

Liquid food colors (neon pink, neon blue, neon green, classic yellow and red to make orange)

Multicolored sprinkles

1 Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir sugar cookie mix, 1/2 cup dry cake mix, 1/2 cup butter and the egg until soft dough forms.

2 In small bowl, place remaining 1/2 cup dry cake mix. Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. Roll balls in dry cake mix, coating completely. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3 Bake 7 to 9 minutes or just until cookies are set. (Watch closely to prevent cookies from getting too crispy and overbaked.) Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

4 In medium bowl, beat powdered sugar, 1/3 cup butter and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Beat in 1 tablespoon milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too thick, beat in more milk, a few drops 4 small bowls, about 1/4 cup each. Add food color to tiint frosting in each bowl.

5 For each sandwich cookie, spread 1 rounded teaspoon frosting on bottom of 1 cooled cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press cookies together. Roll sides of sandwich cookie in sprinkles.

Disclosure:  I received this receipe through MyBlogSpark.  I have not presonally tried these but thought they were really cute and fun for Christmas.