Posted on July 31, 2009
Filed Under Cookies and bars
V-A-R-I-E-T-Y!!!! That’s what’s so fun about these cookies! You know in the grocery store, in the baking aisle, how there are several shelves full of cake mixes? Red ones, yellow ones, white ones, brown ones, confetti ones, pink ones, orange ones, blue ones… are there blue ones? Not sure about that now that I think of it.
And you can make even more variety! You can mix the colors too… make brown and pink (chocolate and strawberry) for your daughter’s slumber party… when you’re rolling the dough into balls, make them half the size they should be, then smash a brown and pink one together and put it on the cookie sheet.
I should’ve made a bunch of different kinds and then featured them all. But, I guess I’ll just feature them using one kind. The best flavor ever in the world of food.
Chocolate.
This recipe is adapted from the Tasteful Delights cookbook.
Cake Mix Cookies
1 cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 Tbsp. flour
Don’t you just wonder what magic that little tablespoon of flour does? Seems like it wouldn’t make enough difference for the bother. Next time, I should be really daring and omit it, and see what happens. 
Beat all the ingredients together. Roll into balls and put on cookie sheets.
Bake at 350 for 11 minutes.
Yum. They have cracks in them. I like when cookies have cracks like that. Makes them look soft and chewy.
Sprinkle with sugar. I used powdered sugar. I just sprinkled some of them because I think I like the looks of them better without.
Actually, I think I like them best some with and some without. You know, variety.
Comments
11 Responses to “Cake Mix Cookies”
Oh, this looks interesting. Maybe I should make some tonight with the girls, but I don’t think we’ll be using Chocolate cake mix.
Saw your recipe on PW’s Tasty Kitchen.
I just saw a recipe like this on my cousins site (she didn’t have flour in hers) and it has been rolling around in my head that I should make them. Just takes more energy to do that kind of thing what with the good chance of having a 10 month old hanging on my skirt.
Shannon, that’s actually YOUR recipe on Tasty Kitchen, you know!
I love love love that site, don’t you?
We like to make lemon ones. they are sooooo yummy!!!!!
I’ve made these! So easy and I couldn’t believe they actually tasted good!
I love these cookies! I almost forgot about them…I’m pretty sure my recipe doesn’t have the T of flour.
I have a similar recipe–2 boxes of cake mix, 5 eggs and 2/3 cups oil. No extra flour. I’m sure they taste the same–and I love them. For even more variety, add pb chips to the chocolate or cc to the yellow ones, etc! It’s endless possibilities! (My favorite is probably chocolate with chocolate chips, too!) Yours look perfect.
I also have a recipe without the flour, but it calls for butter or margarine in place of the oil and adds 1 tsp. vanilla. They are so nice and fast when you are in a hurry.
These cookies look delicious. and easy. My 4 year old daughter and I are planning on making them tomorrow. Thanks for the recipe.
I baked these last night and they were SO GOOD!! My husband loved them.
Just made some and they are delicious. Although I do have some flour spots in my cookies, but I suppose that it takes time to become a good cook.