Spring Chicken Cookies
By: Culinary Envy
Published: Monday, March 7, 2016 - 11:25am

Ingredients




1 package Orangesicle Cake Mix
¾ cup shortening
½ teaspoon orange extract
2 eggs
Frosting
1 container pre-made vanilla frosting
4 drops yellow food coloring
1 package (.88 oz) Wilton Candy Eyeballs
1 package Starburst minis

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix together the cake mix, shortening, orange extract and eggs until thoroughly combined. 2 Using your hands, roll cookie dough into balls about 1½“ diameter (the size of large melon balls). 3 Place on a greased cookie sheet or use a Silpat baking mat. 4 Bake for 8-9 minutes until the edges just begin to turn brown. 5 Let cool on the cookie sheet before frosting. 6 To make the frosting, empty the can of vanilla frosting into a bowl and add the yellow food coloring. Mix well. Frost each cookie generously with the yellow icing. 7 To make the orange beak, take an orange mini Starburst and cut it on the diagonal most of the way through. Fold candy back up to form a beak. Place it in the middle of the cookie and then add the candy eyes above it. I used other mini Starburst cut in half for the top of the chicken’s head.

About

Spring Chicken Cookies are sweet, simple and scrumptious! With only a few ingredients, you’ll be enjoying these festive citrusy cookies minutes later.