Easy Cake Mix Sugar Cookies

Cake Mix Sugar Cookies

This sugar cookies recipe calls for yellow cake mix. Betty Crocker SuperMoist yellow cake mix is my personal favorite!

• 1 package yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla, almond, or lemon extract
• 1 egg
• White or colored granulated sugar, optional

1. Make sure one of your oven racks is in the center of your oven and preheat oven to 375F degrees. Line sturdy baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large mixing bowl beat half of the dry cake mix, the shortening, the butter, vanilla, and egg with an electric mixer on medium high speed until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as necessary to make sure everything is well blended.
3. Stir in the remaining cake mix just until incorporated.
4. Divide the dough into 4 equal portions.
5. Roll each portion of dough 1/8-inch thick on a lightly floured cloth-covered surface with a cloth-covered rolling pin, getting it as even as you can.
6. Cut into desired shapes with your favorite cookie cutters.
7. Place cookies 2-inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.
8. Sprinkle with sugar if desired.
9. Bake 5 to 7 minutes, or until light golden brown around the edges.
10. Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool for a minute or two on the cookie sheet and then transfer them with a thin metal spatula to a wire rack to cool completely.

This recipe makes about 5 dozen 2 to 2 1/2-inch sugar cookies - if you make bigger cookies, the number will be less.