Neapolitan Cookies
These soft and chewy sugar cookies are flavored with strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate. Perfect for special occasions and holidays, Neapolitan cookies are buttery, sweet, and fun to make with kids!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 8 min
- Yield
- 60 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 box Red Velvet cake mix or Strawberry cake mix
- 1 box Chocolate cake mix
- 1 box White cake mix
- 3 eggs, divided
- 1 cup oil, divided
- 12 Tablespoons (1 ½ stick) unsalted butter, divided, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons strawberry flavoring (optional)
- Red food coloring (optional)
- Powdered sugar, for rolling
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 400° and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray.
- 2
Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer, beat one egg for 30 seconds.
- 3
Add the red velvet or strawberry cake mix, ⅓ cup oil, 4 Tablespoons melted butter, and the strawberry flavoring. (If you want more red color, add red food coloring at this time.)
- 4
Beat till a dough forms, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- 5
Remove the batter and place it in a bowl.
- 6
Wash the mixer and paddle well between each use.
- 7
Using the stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat one egg for 30 seconds.
- 8
Add the chocolate cake mix, ⅓ cup oil, and 4 Tablespoons melted butter.
- 9
Beat till a dough forms, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- 10
Remove batter and place in a bowl.
- 11
Wash the mixer and paddle well between each use.
- 12
Using the stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat one egg for 30 seconds.
- 13
Add the white cake mix, ⅓ cup oil, 4 Tablespoons melted butter, and the vanilla extract.
- 14
Beat till a dough forms, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- 15
Remove batter and place in a bowl.
- 16
Scoop a small teaspoon of red dough and make a ball, repeat with the brown and the white dough.
- 17
Once you have 3 small balls, gently press them together and roll into one ball. Be very careful not to mix the colors together.
- 18
Roll in sugar.
- 19
Place on a cookie sheet and press down, making sure to keep the round cookie shape.
- 20
Repeat until you have about 8 cookies on a sheet. Do not overcrowd or cookies will join together during baking.
- 21
Place in the oven and bake for 7 to 8 minutes.
- 22
Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack.
- 23
Serve with milk or coffee.
- 24
May be stored in an airtight container for up to 5 days.