Hi Everyone!
Backstory: Husband goes to the store to buy a few things and comes home with 3 boxed cake mixes, as if he would ever make a cake using them. They've been sitting in a kitchen cabinet for 6 months taking up room, so the other day I'm thinking our cookie-lovin' granddaughter needs new cookies and I just know that someone out in the ethernet has recipes. I pulled the following because it was super easy and happened to use Duncan Hines, which is the only boxed cake mix I'll allow in our house, because it's "clean." (I have lots of chemical migraine triggers, so must be conscious of boxed food ingredients.) I've name the cookies "Happy Cookies," because of the festive look of them, with the sprinkles inside. Also, you'll see that I've added notes in terms of asterisks and call them stars at the bottom. Believe me, they were necessary, because the originator of the recipe provided no details whatsoever. This is a fast, if sticky, recipe. When I asked my granddaughter how many cookies she wanted to take home, she said, "Oma, I really want to take all of them home." Usually, she knows her manners and will aske for 6 or 8 or half. Then later, after she had gone to bed at home, her former pastry chef Mom (DD) calls me and raves about these cookies! LOL!!! She also asked for the recipe!!! I told her to first get a grip, becuase she isn't going to believe the ingredients. So, with all that said, here we go. So many possibilities with this recipe, especially at Christmas.
Cake Mix Cookies – (Happy Cookies)
By “livewellbakeoften”
This recipe received 5 stars: 4.91 from 20 votes.
Servings: 22 (*see note at bottom) – Comments based on my 1st use. Recipe great for many personal alterations. Total time: 15 minutes, if your oven can bake these in 10 min.
1 – 16.25 oz box cake mix ** [next time, I’m adding ¼ c cake flour]
1/3 cup oil
2 eggs room temp
3 Tbs sprinkles (like little logs)
[Confectioner’s Sugar]
Preheat oven to 350. Spray large baking sheet with cooking spray or line with parchment paper. [I chose to use 2 cookie sheets to save time.]
In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine the cake mix, oil and eggs. Once combined, add the sprinkles.***
Using about 2, Tbs**** for each cookie, place rounded balls of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes.*****
Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the cookie sheet 10 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to finish cooling. That's it.
1st star: I ended up with 15 cookies, but made them more like 1.5 Tbs, when I realized her 2 Tbs was way out of whack. Next time I’m going with one very generous tablespoon (a measuring tablespoon).
2nd star: She used Duncan Hines French Vanilla Cake Mix. I had on hand Duncan Hines Golden, so went with that. Next time, Chocolate!
3rd star: If using a chocolate cake mix, try adding 1 Tbs or 2 tsp espresso powder for a richer taste, plus chocolate sprinkles. Huge Note: This is the stickiest cookie dough you will ever handle (that’s why I’m adding ¼ c cake flour next time). To make things easier, I dropped the glop into a bowl of powdered sugar and gently rolled it into a ball. Made it so much easier. If you have an eye dropper, place 2-3 small drops of water on top of this powdered sugar rolled cookie and you’ll get a great looking treat out of the oven.
4th star: 2Tbs way too much for each cookie. Use a measuring Tbs and load it up. Perfect!
5th star: In my LG electric oven, w/o fan, I had to bake these for 15 minutes.
(Rebecca XXX 08/14/19)
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