Lynn's 15-Minute Cake Batter Cookies

This is such a smart concept, and one that I wouldn't have learned about if not for my co-worker Lynn's southern hospitality when she brought a batch of cake-batter cookies into work one day. Now, I love cookies as much as the next person, but I typically stop at one. I ate four with no remorse. These things are delicious! Cake-batter cookies are fast, easy, and strike just the right chord between the tastiness of cake and the portability of cookies.

Ingredients

• 1 box of cake mix (any kind; I recommend Pillsbury Funfetti mix to start with)
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 eggs

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Stir together cake mix, oil, and eggs thoroughly.
3. Take spoonful-sized lumps of your newly-made dough and place on a cookie sheet.
4. Bake for 8-9 minutes. Unlike cookie dough, cake-batter cookies will not become golden on the top when they are ready, so use a toothpick through the center of a cookie to test if it is baked thoroughly. Bakes 18-20 cookies.

These cookies will be softer then an average cookie when they come out of the oven, so be sure to give them plenty of cooling time! Then enjoy. 

 
Lynn also suggests the following variations: yellow cake mix with chocolate chips and pecans; devil's food cake mix with white chocolate chips; and red velvet cake mix with cream cheese frosting.

Be well!
Laura