One day about 4 years ago, our local market had a special on cake mix. If you bought 24 boxes (a case), you could have them for 59 cents each. So, I bought 24 assorted flavors and put them in my freezer. After preparing several cakes, my family said "Enough!". So the rest sat in my freezer for about a year.
I was wondering what to do with all those extra boxes when I remembered I had heard of making cookies from cake mix. I opened a box of chocolate mix and poured it into a bowl. I thought I would experiment, as I had no recipe to use. My first try was the right one! Just 3 tablespoons each of oil and water made the perfect dough for rolled or sliced cookies. Baked in a moderate oven for about 10 minutes and out came perfect, crunchy chocolate cookies. I dusted them with powdered sugar and they were a huge hit.
And the BEST part? One box made 6 dozen 1 1/2 inch cookies. For about 63 cents! That's less than 10 cents a dozen! Chocolate, lemon, and gingerbread mixes were the best, I added a bit of ginger to the gingerbread because we like them VERY ginger-y. You may come up with more variations, but you can't beat the price! Now I buy cake mix every time it is on super sale, even at a dollar a box it is still a bargain!
Mix the cake mix with the water and oil. I knead it with my hands to get the right consistency for cutout or sliced cookies.
Roll out a portion of the dough to desired thickness, I like about 1/8 inch.
Cut into shapes with cutters or just cut into squares or diamonds with a knife. Keep them about 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter.
Bake on a lightly greased and floured sheet or parchment at 350 degrees F for about 8-10 minutes. Check them at 6 minutes as some cook faster than others.
When slightly tanned, remove from oven, cool, and frost or sprinkle with powdered sugar. Makes about 6 dozen.
By plumcottage from NJ
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I'm looking for recipes for cake mix cookies or bars.
Pat
Google the topic and you will be bound to find some of those recipes.
This is the way I make cookies using cake mix.
Box of cake mix , 2 layer size (your choice of flavor)
2 eggs
1/2 -2/3 cup Mazola corn oil
(1/2 cup oil gives you thicker, softer cookies and 2/3 cup oil will make thinner, crispier cookies)
My favorite cake cookie receipe is one box of confetti cake mix, 1/4 c. veg oil, 1 egg. Mix egg and oil then add to the cake mix and blend well, this will be very doughy. I roll about one tablespoon of dough in my hands into a ball and put on a sprayed cookie sheet and bake at 350 deg for about 8-10 min. Makes about 36 cookies. I buy cake mixes when they are on sale and the next time my children tell me that they need to bring treats to school tomorrow I can whip these up and the kids love the party cookies.
allrecipes.com/
This lemon cookie recipe is GREAT. I've made it numerous times and everyone who tastes the cookies loves them. I've tried the same recipe with red velvet cake mix and it wasn't good. I've got an orange mix and a banana mix I want to try soon just to see what else can work.
Still, the lemon is wonderful and so easy to make.
I have made these cookie's many times and very easy..
1 box spice cake
1 large can pumpkin
1 BAG semi sweet chocolate chips
mix cake mix and pumpkin until well blended then pour in chips, mix well, drop by table spoon full onto parchment paper or ungreased cookie sheet into a 350 oven for 18 min.
Very good and easy!
I have seen many cake mix cookie recipes. Does anyone have a TNT, never-fail version? I would like to try a really good one. Thanks!
By JudyR from DSM, IA
I don't know why these cookies wouldn't be good. The cake mix includes most of the ingredients. All you have add is the moist ingredients. I would go to the sites like Pillsbury, Duncan Hines, etc. and look at the cookie recipes they have that are made from cake mixes. Those are the ones I would try before other sites.
Here's the recipe I use (I believe it came from allrecipes.com originally but I can't be sure). This recipe has never failed me & my kids love the results!
Cake Mix Cookies
1 package cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 c vegetable oil
1 c mix-ins
Preheat oven to 350*F. Put a box cake mix in a large bowl & add eggs and vegetable oil. Mix well until the batter shows no lumps. Stir in mix-ins. Using a teaspoon, drop batter about 2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
The mix-ins I use depends on the flavor of the cake mix. For instance, I combine chocolate cake mix & either white chips or peanut butter chips; funfetti cake mix & mini M&Ms; yellow cake mix & chocolate chips. Use your imagination & your families favorites.
These are the best I've ever had.
1 pkg. Duncan Hines white cake mix
1/4 c. brown sugar
1 c. semi sweet or white chocolate chips, or half & half, or half & 1/2 c. Heath or Reese's Bits
1/2 c. nuts (I use pecans)
3/4 c. oil (I use Canola)
1 egg
Roll 1-1 1/2 teaspoonfuls into balls. Bake at 375 F for 10-12 min.
Can anyone please tell me how to turn an applesauce cake recipe into a cookie recipe?
Thank you in advance.
By Danialle from Polson, MT
I found a great little cookbook at my aunts house called 101 things to do with a cake mix.
