Easy, Yummy Cake Box Cookies
Do you ever have those days when you randomly crave something sweet and chewy? There are times when you aren’t necessarily planning on baking, but think, “If only I could magically whip up some brownies or cookies or a cake! The thought of measuring out flour, baking soda, sugar, and more is enough to stop your delicious fantasies in their tracks (probably a good thing right?). Then you think about all of the time and effort, all of the clean up…. but wait, I am going to share a little secret with you:
They are called Cake Box Cookies.
Chances are you have a random, unused box of cake mix in your pantry. Why? I don’t know, it makes no sense. For some reason or another we have a habit of buying too many boxes of the stuff. But now you are going to be happy you do. Just take that cake mix, add two eggs, 1/2 cup vegetable oil and stir. Instant cookie dough.
Now you can do whatever you want with them. Feel like rolling spoonfuls of it in cinnamon sugar? Excellent choice. Want to add some chocolate chips, that is great too.
Once you have your combo complete simply pop them in an oven set to 375 degrees (on an ungreased cookie sheet) and in 4-10 minutes you have delicious cookies for you kiddos… and yourself.
Yesterday I made three different variations, all using classic white cake mix:
Variation 1: Plain recipe rolled in cinnamon sugar
Variation 2: Plain recipe with a little vanilla mixed in- I think these were my favorite.
Variation 3: Plain recipe with added vanilla, a little brown sugar, and chocolate chips-a nice alternative to full out chocolate chip cookies.
You can use any kind of cake mix and fiddle with it to your hearts content… or your stomach is full of cookies!
So. Have you made these tasty morsels before and if so, what is your favorite combination?
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I used to make these all the time! My three favorite combos:
1. Pumpkin spice cake mix with cream cheese icing
2. Confetti cake mix with strawberry icing
3. Lemon cake mix rolled in powdered sugar (these make very pretty treats to take to a ladies tea or something)
Oh, I bet they would be really great with icing… I contemplated that because we did indeed have a random package of icing in the pantry as well. Thanks for the recommendations Monica. Love you!
Those sound YUMMMMMMY! Oh, if I could only stop wanting yummy treats and focus on getting rid of baby weight! ;o)
well. Yesterday I made little tiny ones, so they aren’t that bad if you eat them in moderation… right?
I do have like 4 extra cake mix boxes! Why?? Haha, I also have some extra reeces pieces I think I’ll throw in… Sounds delish! Thanks for the recipe!
OOoooh, I bet that they would be good in a chocolate cake mix.
I’m going to try this tonight…with carrot cake mix? We’ll see how it comes out!
Has anyone tried replacing applesauce for some or all of the oil?
Hi Courtney! I have never done it, but I just looked it up online and found this Yahoo Answer where many people claim it tastes just as good. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070110172239AA497UZ