Any Flavor Cake Mix Cookies

Random Rachel's Note:

Very simple recipe to turn your favorite flavor cake mix into perfect cookies! (You know, the kind with a nice cracked pattern on top, and a tiny bit of almost under done center). We went on a diet so I no longer keep white flour in the house, however a single cake mix managed to elude me. I found it when I was looking for something to bring to church. Now I keep a cake mix for bringing cookies, it's a lot less dangerous than a bag of flour! (Its best with a mix that has pudding in it for chewiness; you can also use the dry ingredients from your favorite from scratch recipe).

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 6-8

Yield: 24.0 cookies

• 1 (18 ounce) box cake mix (any flavor but angel food)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2-3/4 cup Crisco

Directions:

1. Toss all ingredients into a bowl, using enough Crisco to form a stiff dough. (I found it to take less time than pulling my mixer out, so I mix by hand).
2. Form into little balls, place on a baking sheet 2 inches apart, gently flatten the balls, and bake at 350°F for 8-10 minutes, till puffy, and just barely golden around the edges. (They do spread a little while baking).
3. Remove from heat, cool 5 minutes before removing to a rack to cool. (Okay, I didn't use a rack the second time, they still turned out great!) They will shrink down a little in height and form a perfect cookie!

Reviews

[Cooking Mom of 7]

These are really awesome. My kids loved them. We used the funfetti cake mix and we have used a white cake mix. Both turned out great. The lemon supreme cookies were my favorite. Just a note, if you are going to change the recipe I really don't think its fair to give a negative review.....

[Mary Scheffert]

Excellent cookies! I used a caramel cake mix, and added chopped walnuts and milk chocolate covered Heath bits -- yummy! I found that leaving the cookie dough in mounds made a softer cookie, which I liked better than the flattened ones. Can't wait to try other cake mix flavors -- thanks for posting! -M =D

[Darkhunter]

Holy cow, Rachel! There'll never be a reason not to have cookies in the house, as I always take advantage of the cake mix sales! For my first batch, I used my cherry chip mix. Delicious. Can hardly wait to try the other flavors. Thnx for sharing your recipe. Made for the Voracious Vagabonds of ZWT 6.