Nut-Luck Cookies

Submitted by kitty.rock

"I was given this recipe in 1987, and have never had a bad cookie in the batch! These are very easy to make - a good recipe for the kids to help out with. You can use a variety of additions and cake flavors to come up with your own variety. These are always yummy. I think these were originally called Duncan Hines Cake Mix Cookies."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 56-60 cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 (6 ounce) package white chocolate chips or (6 ounce) package toffee pieces
• 1⁄2 cup very soft butter
• 1 large egg
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) pre-packaged cake mix

directions

1. Pour cake mix into a large mixing bowl.
2. Add butter, milk and egg. On medium speed, mix ~ 2 minutes.
3. Add chips and nuts, mix on low (or by hand) to blend well.
4. Using teaspoons, drop batter on ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake in 350 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes (or until edges start to brown).
6. Remove from oven. Cool on pan for 1 minute.
7. Remove cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
8. Store in air-tight container.

9. ALTERNATIVES: I made dozens of these for the holidays because they're so very quick and easy. Here's some of the combinations we used:

10. White cake mix, cinnamon chips, macadamia nuts.
11. Orange cake mix, white chocolate chunks, dried cranberries.
12. Lemon cake mix, white chocolate chunks, pecans.
13. Coconut cake mix, flaked coconut, macadamia nuts.
14. Devil's food cake mix, white chocolate chunks, macadamia nuts.

Reviews

[UmmBinat]

These work but really spread if like Callu the butter is melted. I did melt it as I was in a rush and it was from the refrigerator. It also required way less cooking time but the melted butter may be the reason why? Made for Winter Wonderland! Christmas and Holidays Tag Game Dec 2010 in KK's forum

 

[Callu]

This recipe delivers! I am making 400 cookies and decided to throw in a couple "experimental" batches. I did 2 with yellow cake mix, 3/4 cup small heath bar bits, 3/4 cup chopped pecans, and 1/2 t almond extract. They were excellent. I used room temp butter for the first batch. The second batch I melted the butter. The first batch was harder to mix but by far the best outcome. They were crinkled and pleasing. The melted butter batch wanted to become too thin and spread out. Both tasted good but follow the recipe and it really is better.