Someone here once said they made cookies out of cake mix...

[AKL_Megs]

Does anyone remember how this is accomplished? And, could you make cookies out of Red Velvet cake mix? I'd like to do this and add those "Christmas" chocolate chips!

 

[Octoberbride03]

You can make loads of stuff from cake mix. I have a whole cook book with recipes for this. Its called 101 Things to do with a cake mix. And there's at least 1 book called the Cake Mix Doctor I think it is. I don't have that 1. There's no shortage of ideas for it.

 

[AKL_Megs]

You can make loads of stuff from cake mix. I have a whole cook book with recipes for this. Its called 101 Things to do with a cake mix. And there's at least 1 book called the Cake Mix Doctor I think it is. I don't have that 1. There's no shortage of ideas for it.

Do you happen to know what you do differently to the cake mix to make cookies?

 

[bas71873]

Do you happen to know what you do differently to the cake mix to make cookies?

I JUST made all my cake/cookie dough last week and popped them in the freezer, all ready to be baked. The basic recipe is the cake mix, 2 eggs and 1/2 cup oil (or butter is you want more buttery cookies - I personally prefer to use either crisco or butter flavored crisco so I did)

Here are all the recipes I cut and pasted from another thread here on the DIS and saved on my computer:

Basic “cake cookie” recipe:
1 pkg dry cake mix (any flavor, any brand!)
2 eggs
1/2 cup of oil (or melted butter or margarine for more buttery flavor)

OPTIONAL: Your choice of add-ins!

Mix these ingredients together (INSTEAD of the usual ingredients listed on the box for making a cake.) You will get a very stiff mix instead of batter. This is right.

Roll into balls, flatten slightly onto greased cookie sheets OR drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 350 for 7 to 10 minutes.
Can be frozen either as dough or baked cookies


TIP for flatter cookies to decorate: (from Crystal0608,) "I sprayed the pans down really good with Bakers Joy & when they are almost done cooking I took them out of the oven, b/c they poof up, so I smushed them flat with my hand then cooked some more."

TIP: The moister type cake mixes (the ones with the pouches or pudding) tend to have big "rocks" in them, lol. Two things I have learned along the way...put the cake mix through a sifter, just like flour, (but not absolutely necessary,) and if you are using chips, like chocolate or butterscotch, etc., it is much easier to get an even dispersion of chips through the mix if you put the chips in the bowl first. Same applies for nuts or any other additive. The mix dusts the chips and disperses them better.

TIP: when storing them, or any cookies, even hard store bought ones...put a slice of bread in the air tight container and it will keep the cookies soft, or make the hard cookies soft.


OPTIONAL CREATIVE VARIATIONS:

Double Chocolate cake mix with white chocolate chips (or M&Ms.)

Yellow cake mix cookies with a 1/2 bag of Heath Brickle (toffee) Bites, or Butterfingers, they are SO good!!!
Chocolate chunks with nuts.
With this simple yellow cake mix, baking with kids, they can get creative adding in their own combinations items, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, nuts, m&ms, crushed candies, sprinkles, raisins, dried fruits, coconut, etc. They don't even have to make a whole batch of the same cookies. Just separate the dough into different bowls & play with tossing in the various add-ins, making a few of each cookie. (Dust the add-ins with the cake mix ahead of time.) This way they have fun with the making of the various combinations.

Red Velvet cake mix with cream cheese frosting

Orange cake mix and chocolate frosting

Lemon or strawberry cake mix with some chopped walnuts or rolled in powdered sugar
Chocolate cake mix rolled in powdered sugar. When you flatten them, they get a cracked look and when they're done they look like some delicate thing you'd get at the bakery.


Chocolate cake mix w/reese cups in the middle
Peanut butter surprise cookies: with a mini pb cup inside. I flattened a piece of dough then put a mini pb cup in the middle, covered it with the dough and rolled it into a ball. They flatten out during baking. I forgot to add that as soon as the cookies came out of the oven, we sprinkled them with chocolate shaving but you could sprinkle with powdered sugar and/or drizzle on melted chocolate."

WHITE cake mix with peppermint (found pretty peppermint chips at the store!) frosted with white frosting and sprinkled with crushed candy canes,

Lemon cake mix with white choc chips

Chocolate cake mix w/ chocolate mint chips


Easy Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies

1 box spice cake mix
2 eggs
1 cup uncooked quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, if desired

1. Heat oven to 375°F.
Combine cake mix, egg whites, oats and oil in a large bowl. Beat at low speed until well blended. Stir in raisins and (optional) nuts.

2. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Flatten slightly as they do not flatten while baking.

3. Bake 7-10 minutes until lightly browned. These do not brown much, so watch them carefully. (If you wait for them to "look" done, they'll be overdone.)

Cool on sheets 1 minute. Remove and cool completely.
 

New-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

1 box yellow or butter recipe yellow cake mix
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup water
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup shortening or vegetable oil
2 eggs
Granulated sugar

1. Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick cookie sheets).
In large bowl, beat cake mix, brown sugar, water, peanut butter, shortening and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.

2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar and, on ungreased cookie sheet, place 2 inches apart. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in sugar.

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

 

[AKL_Megs]

I JUST made all my cake/cookie dough last week and popped them in the freezer, all ready to be baked. The basic recipe is the cake mix, 2 eggs and 1/2 cup oil (or butter is you want more buttery cookies - I personally prefer to use either crisco or butter flavored crisco so I did)

Here are all the recipes I cut and pasted from another thread here on the DIS and saved on my computer:

Basic “cake cookie” recipe:
1 pkg dry cake mix (any flavor, any brand!)
2 eggs
1/2 cup of oil (or melted butter or margarine for more buttery flavor)

OPTIONAL: Your choice of add-ins!

Mix these ingredients together (INSTEAD of the usual ingredients listed on the box for making a cake.) You will get a very stiff mix instead of batter. This is right.

Roll into balls, flatten slightly onto greased cookie sheets OR drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 350 for 7 to 10 minutes.
Can be frozen either as dough or baked cookies


TIP for flatter cookies to decorate: (from Crystal0608,) "I sprayed the pans down really good with Bakers Joy & when they are almost done cooking I took them out of the oven, b/c they poof up, so I smushed them flat with my hand then cooked some more."

TIP: The moister type cake mixes (the ones with the pouches or pudding) tend to have big "rocks" in them, lol. Two things I have learned along the way...put the cake mix through a sifter, just like flour, (but not absolutely necessary,) and if you are using chips, like chocolate or butterscotch, etc., it is much easier to get an even dispersion of chips through the mix if you put the chips in the bowl first. Same applies for nuts or any other additive. The mix dusts the chips and disperses them better.

TIP: when storing them, or any cookies, even hard store bought ones...put a slice of bread in the air tight container and it will keep the cookies soft, or make the hard cookies soft.


OPTIONAL CREATIVE VARIATIONS:

Double Chocolate cake mix with white chocolate chips (or M&Ms.)

Yellow cake mix cookies with a 1/2 bag of Heath Brickle (toffee) Bites, or Butterfingers, they are SO good!!!
Chocolate chunks with nuts.
With this simple yellow cake mix, baking with kids, they can get creative adding in their own combinations items, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, nuts, m&ms, crushed candies, sprinkles, raisins, dried fruits, coconut, etc. They don't even have to make a whole batch of the same cookies. Just separate the dough into different bowls & play with tossing in the various add-ins, making a few of each cookie. (Dust the add-ins with the cake mix ahead of time.) This way they have fun with the making of the various combinations.

Red Velvet cake mix with cream cheese frosting

Orange cake mix and chocolate frosting

Lemon or strawberry cake mix with some chopped walnuts or rolled in powdered sugar
Chocolate cake mix rolled in powdered sugar. When you flatten them, they get a cracked look and when they're done they look like some delicate thing you'd get at the bakery.


Chocolate cake mix w/reese cups in the middle
Peanut butter surprise cookies: with a mini pb cup inside. I flattened a piece of dough then put a mini pb cup in the middle, covered it with the dough and rolled it into a ball. They flatten out during baking. I forgot to add that as soon as the cookies came out of the oven, we sprinkled them with chocolate shaving but you could sprinkle with powdered sugar and/or drizzle on melted chocolate."

WHITE cake mix with peppermint (found pretty peppermint chips at the store!) frosted with white frosting and sprinkled with crushed candy canes,

Lemon cake mix with white choc chips

Chocolate cake mix w/ chocolate mint chips


Easy Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies

1 box spice cake mix
2 eggs
1 cup uncooked quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, if desired

1. Heat oven to 375°F.
Combine cake mix, egg whites, oats and oil in a large bowl. Beat at low speed until well blended. Stir in raisins and (optional) nuts.

2. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Flatten slightly as they do not flatten while baking.

3. Bake 7-10 minutes until lightly browned. These do not brown much, so watch them carefully. (If you wait for them to "look" done, they'll be overdone.)

Cool on sheets 1 minute. Remove and cool completely.
 

New-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

1 box yellow or butter recipe yellow cake mix
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup water
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup shortening or vegetable oil
2 eggs
Granulated sugar

1. Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick cookie sheets).
In large bowl, beat cake mix, brown sugar, water, peanut butter, shortening and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.

2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar and, on ungreased cookie sheet, place 2 inches apart. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in sugar.

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

Sounds awesome!!!

What do you think of Red Velvet with those Toll House Christmas Swirl chips?

 

[nutterbutter2010]

Ok, the poster above me has a HUGE amount of info up there, so I didn't read it all, so if this is the same, forgive me!!

cookies from cake mix

1 pkg dry cake mix (any flavor, any brand!)
2 eggs
1/2 cup of oil

OPTIONAL: Your choice of add-ins!

Mix these ingredients together (INSTEAD of the usual ingredients listed on the box for making a cake.) You will get a very stiff mix instead of batter. This is right.

Put in the fridge for about 1/2 hour
Roll into balls, then roll them through either powder sugar, or cinnamon sugar
OR: Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 350 for 7 to 10 minutes.


This recipe is so easy and tasty as all heck!!! My only suggestion is to NOT make the cookies to small, or else they dry out easily. I have TONS of cake mix at home, and I'm just waiting to make these!!! Also, if you do LEMON cake mix, be advised that you have to leave them in the oven almost TWICE AS LONG as what my recipe calls for. I learned that one the hard way!!!

 

[JessicaR]

Two great threads on the subject, LOTS of great recipes!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=681495

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2069564&highlight=cake+mix+cookies

 

[laurie31]

Pages and pages of wonderful ideas here:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=681495




ETA - Dang, I'm on a "too late to the punch" posting roll today! LOL!

 

[bas71873]

Sounds awesome!!!

What do you think of Red Velvet with those Toll House Christmas Swirl chips?

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Might be pretty with a little canned vanilla icing drizzled over them too . Ooh, ooh, or the cream cheese icing!

 

[sbell111]

Does anyone remember how this is accomplished? And, could you make cookies out of Red Velvet cake mix? I'd like to do this and add those "Christmas" chocolate chips!

From AllHomemadeCookies.com:

1 Box Duncan Hines Red Velvet Cake Mix

2 eggs

1/3 cup oil

Mix all ingredients together. This will make a cookie dough. Roll into balls and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Flatten down slightly (depending on the thickness you desire). Bake at 375° until the tops crackle (about 8-10 minutes) or until desired doneness.

Frost them with cream cheese frosting or use the frosting to make sandwich cookies.

Yum.

 

[loveWDWalways]

From AllHomemadeCookies.com:

Frost them with cream cheese frosting or use the frosting to make sandwich cookies.

Yum.

I made these on Friday and have eaten more than my share ... I'm having a lot of difficulty saving enough for cookie containers to give out during the holidays! I'm making Devil's Food ones today (among other types on non cake mix cookies), sandwiched with white frosting with some Oreos crushed in. OP, I would recommend making cake mix cookies because they're delicious!

 

[tzolkin]

My friend just gave me this recipe:

1 box Devil's Food (I used dark chocolate)
2 eggs
1/4 c oil
5Tbsp whiskey

They were really good. (The whiskey is very subtle.)

I also made ones with yellow cake mix, coconut rum, and shredded coconut.


For some reason the dough was really sticky. Maybe the proportions or because I used the "pudding in the mix" type? It worked fine, just had to spoon it onto the cookie sheets.

I had a Sandra Lee recipe a while back that was more like regular cookie dough. I used to make one dark chocolate and one white and then let the kids roll two small balls together to make black and white swirled cookies.

 

[Robinrs]

Anyone who is a fan of Archway Lemon cookies, do the cake cookie recipe with the Duncan Hines Lemon Cake mix... o..m...G!!!!