Soft Strawberry Cake Mix Sandwich Cookies Recipe
Soft Strawberry Cake Mix Sandwich Cookies are a delightful treat featuring strawberry cake mix cookies filled with a creamy almond buttercream. These sandwich cookies are sweet, flavorful, and perfect for any occasion.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: About 24 sandwich cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
- 1 15.25oz Strawberry Cake Mix, I used Duncan Hines
- 2 large whole eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cup sanding sugar (for rolling)
Small Batch Almond Buttercream
- 2 sticks (or 1 cup) unsalted butter
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/8 cup heavy cream
- 6 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- For the cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prep a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. In the bowl of the stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, whip up the cake mix, eggs, and oil until just combined. Spread the sanding sugar out on a plate. Scoop up the cookie dough in a 1″ cookie scoop and roll into a ball. Roll the cookie dough ball into the sanding sugar and place onto the prepared cookie sheet (about 3 inches apart). Bake for 7-9 minutes, then let the cookies cool on a wire rack completely.
- For the buttercream: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, whip up the butter until it’s light and fluffy. Add in the salt, vanilla, almond extract, and heavy cream and mix again. Add in the powdered sugar a little at a time until all of it has been added. Whip up on high speed for 2 minutes until it’s light and fluffy. Add in a little more heavy cream if needed to thin it out. Add the buttercream to a piping bag fitted with a circle tip, OR add the buttercream to a piping bag and snip off the end with no piping tip.
- Assembly: Pipe on a flat buttercream swirl in the center underside of the cookie and swirl it around to the edge. Place another cookie on top. Enjoy!
Notes
- Storage: Keep in an airtight container for up to a week in the fridge.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich cookie
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
Keywords: Strawberry Cake Mix, Sandwich Cookies, Almond Buttercream, Dessert Recipe
