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Dumbo Circus Cake Mix Cookies

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March 19, 2019

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Disney’s classical movie Dumbo is coming back to the big screen! Bake these delicious Dumbo Circus Cake Mix Cookies perfect for a circus themed party or a Dumbo movie party! Looking for more Disney inspired recipes?

Dumbo Circus Cake Mix Cookies

Dumbo Circus Cake Mix Cookies

Dumbo is one of the classic Disney movies I grew up watching as a child. I can’t wait to take my girls in just a few weeks to see the live action version of the film in theaters. They have watched the original Dumbo movie, but I know that the newer version will be something they really enjoy. This Dumbo inspired sugar cookie recipe is perfect for making to celebrate the movie. The recipe is easy to make with a cake mix box that I’m sure is to be a flying success!

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Dumbo Inspired Sugar Cookies

Ingredients Needed For Dumbo Cookies

  • 1 box of White cake mix
  • 1/3 cup of vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • Red, Golden Yellow, Blue gel food coloring
  • 1 container of white sanding sugar


Cookies Inspired By Disney's Dumbo

How To Make Dumbo Circus Sugar Cookies

  • Preheat oven at 350º degrees.
  • Using a standing mixer, combine cake mix, vegetable oil, and 2 eggs until combined.
  • Divide the batter into three separate bowls.
  • Add Golden Yellow food coloring into one bowl.
  • Mix Red food coloring into the second bowl.
  • Use Blue food coloring into the third.
  • Take about 1 teaspoon of each color of dough and form into tablespoon sized balls.

Circus Sugar Cookie Recipe

  • Pour the sanding sugar into a bowl.
  • Roll cookie dough into the sanding sugar.
  • Place cookie dough balls about 2 inches apart on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

Easy Dumbo Inspired Cookies

  • Lightly push each cookie dough ball down so that it becomes a thick but flat disk.
  • Bake for 7 to 8 minutes.
  • Allow cookies to completely cool before.


Cake Mix Dumbo Cookies

Aren’t these the cutest and most colorful cookies you have ever seen? These Dumbo inspired sugar cookies would be perfect for a circus themed party or just for fun! Plus, even with all of the colors added to the cookie, it’s such an easy colorful cookie recipe. You don’t need many ingredients, yet they look so yummy and hard to make.

Dumbo Circus Cake Mix Cookies

Disney Dumbo Inspired Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box white cake mix
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • gel coloring red, golden yellow, blue
  • 1 container white sanding sugar

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven at 350º degrees.
  2. Using a standing mixer, combine cake mix, vegetable oil, and 2 eggs until combined.
  3. Divide the batter into three separate bowls.
  4. Add Golden Yellow food coloring into one bowl.
  5. Mix Red food coloring into the second bowl.
  6. Use Blue food coloring into the third.
  7. Take about 1 teaspoon of each color of dough and form into tablespoon sized balls.
  8. Pour the sanding sugar into a bowl.
  9. Roll cookie dough into the sanding sugar.
  10. Place cookie dough balls about 2 inches apart on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
  11. Lightly push each cookie dough ball down so that it becomes a thick but flat disk.
  12. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes.
  13. Allow cookies to completely cool before 

Disney Dumbo Inspired Sugar Cookies

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If you loved this Dumbo Circus Cake Mix Cookie recipe, then you will also love the following cookie recipes I have put together for you:

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Do you love recipes inspired by Disney movies?

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Victoria is a mom of two beautiful girls and wife to a supportive husband living in sunny Florida! She's on a mission to help moms create purposeful motherhood without the chaos. She loves to share simple family-friendly recipes, inspirational parenting tips, and ways to create habits for a peaceful home.

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