snowflake cookies

I haven't seen snowflakes in years.

I love puffy white snow filling the sky on a cold winter's day.

However, that's not something that I can see on the Gulf of Mexico. So to celebrate a lovely Florida cold front, I thought I would make my soft gooey snowflake cookies.

This recipe is quick, easy and uses only 4 inexpensive ingredients.

 

 

All you will need is...

 

1 box of yellow cake mix

1 container of low fat Cool Whip

1 egg

powdered sugar

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

 

 

The recipe requires one egg but you can substitute two egg whites for one whole egg if you want to reduce the fat content.

Crack the egg into a small ramekin to insure

shells don't fall into the mix.

Use a fork to gently mix the egg.

Pour the contents of the cake mix pouch into a mixing bowl.

Then stir in the egg.

 

 

Stir the Cool Whip to soften...

 

 

Add the softened Cool Whip into the cake and egg mixture.

 

 

Once incorporated the dough will be quite sticky.

 

 

Drop a tablespoon of dough into a container of powdered sugar. Cover completely and shake off excess sugar.

 

 

 Place each dough ball onto a very lightly greased

or nonstick cookie sheet.

 

 

Evenly space the dough balls and fill two cookie sheets.

 

 

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

And like magic, the cookies come out looking like snowflakes!

 

 

Allow the cookies to sit on the tray for two minutes.

 

 

Then remove all the cookies and let them cool completely before putting them into an airtight food container.

 

 

Like with homemade cake,

the cookies are even better the second day!

Serve with cold milk or hot tea or coffee.

 

 

If made with two egg whites instead of one whole egg and fat free Cool Whip, each cookie has 1 gram of fat and only 40 calories. 

 

 

It is a yummy soft cookie that is the perfect winter (or anytime!) treat. It just might be the closest I will get to snowflakes for awhile!

Enjoy!