Cookies in a pinch

So, this morning Tysen told me he needed a dessert for work for tomorrow.  I had already been to the grocery store the day before and did not pick up anything special for making a dessert because I didn’t know it was going to be requested.  My challenge was to come up with something using ingredients that we had on hand, which were minimal since we just came back from vacation and did a good job of using up everything before we left.  I had a cinnamon swirl cake mix in the pantry which I’ve been trying to use up for a while now, so I searched the internet for what to do with it.  I came across the simplest cookie recipe I’ve ever seen.

1 box cake mix

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 egg (2 for cinnamon swirl cake mix)

Mix ingredients (add 1/3 of package of cinnamon swirl mix).  Drop spoonfuls of the dough on a baking sheet (roll in remaining cinnamon swirl mix) and bake 8-10 minutes in a 350 deg oven.

Here’s what resulted:

Snickerdoodle Cake Cookies

These cookies are so light and fluffy.  I think I’ll definitely make cookies like these again.  The recipe is adaptable to other cake mixes and could use add-ins.  So, if you are in a pinch and need to make some cookies for an event, I’d recommend these!

Yum!