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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Cake Mix Cookies

I first discovered cake mix cookies when I was in junior high school. I may not have been into cooking or baking, but I did like sweets (still do!).  My mom was always buying cake mixes when they went on sale and they'd sit in the cupboards for months, sometimes years. Somewhere I found a recipe for cake mix cookies. They were super easy to make and incredibly versatile.

These days I mostly make my cookies from scratch. But sometimes I just have a craving for the ease and taste of a cake mix cookie.

These recipes makes roughly three dozens.

Grasshopper Cake Mix Cookies
Grasshopper Cookies
I had a recipe for grasshopper cake I was going to make last St. Patty’s day but decided to be lazy and turned the cake recipe into a cookie recipe instead. The outcome was delicious.

Ingredients:
1 package yellow cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup chocolate chips
12-14 drops green food coloring
2 teaspoons mint extract.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.


Beat the cake mix, eggs, oil, extract and food coloring together until the batter becomes stiff. Add chocolate chips. If you want cookies with green swirls instead of solid green cookies, add food coloring with the chips. Roll into 1-inch balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until the cookie bottoms turn a golden brown.
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
I’ll admit, these are one of my all time favorite cookies. Everyone I’ve ever made these for absolutely fell in love with them too. They taste just like chocolate covered cherries. Every batch disappears in a blink of an eye.

So far, the only brand I’ve found that makes cherry cake mix is Betty Crocker.

Ingredients:
1 package Betty Crocker Cherry Chip cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat the cake mix, eggs and oil together until the batter becomes stiff. Stir in chocolate chips. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until the cookie bottoms turn a golden brown.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
These cookies are a close second to the Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies.

Ingredients:
1 package chocolate cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
¾ cup peanut butter chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat the cake mix, eggs and oil together until the batter becomes stiff. Stir in chocolate chips. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until the cookie bottoms turn a golden brown.

Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love coconut. Sadly, I only know two or three people (and Eric isn't one of them) who also love coconut so I don’t get to make these cookies very often.

Ingredients:
1 package white cake mix (you can also use coconut cake mix)
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat the cake mix, eggs and oil together until the batter becomes stiff. Stir in coconut and chocolate chips. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until the cookie bottoms turn a golden brown.

You can also add a ¼ cup of chopped almonds if you so desire.

Also check out my butterscotch cake mix cookies.

Enjoy!

~Krissy

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