Betty Crocker the Cheating Way

So I had heard that you could bake cookies from cake mixes and thought hmmm....that would be a great easy way to make fresh cookies for the hubby, the hubby's shop, the holidays or even OYR when I don't have a lot of time on my hands. I did find out that it is something that you can do. I actually found the recipes on Betty Crockers website (http://www.bettycrocker.com/) and they have all different sorts of recipes you can use for all of their mixes I thought it was sorta neat.



Fudge Crinkles

Ingredients:

• 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food cake mix
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Powdered sugar

Directions:

 

1. Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir dry cake mix, oil, eggs and vanilla, using spoon, until dough forms.

 

2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in powdered sugar. On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls about 2 inches apart.

 

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Store tightly covered.

 

What I did: I added a cup of mini chocolate chips to the batter and it was super yummy. Once they were cooled I used a white frosting and dyed it green for st. patty's day and made cookie sandwiches out of them. They were super good! and super sweet!

 

 

Snickerdoodles

Ingredients:

• 1 package Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

 Directions: 

 

1. Heat oven to 350°. Mix cake mix, oil and eggs in large bowl with spoon until dough forms (some dry mix will remain).

 

2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Mix sugar and cinnamon in small bowl. Roll balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

 

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

 

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No changes.

 

Cherry Swirl Brownies

Ingredients:

• 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup chopped well-drained maraschino cherries
• 1 teaspoon maraschino cherry juice
• 1 egg
• 1 box Betty Crocker® Ultimate Fudge brownie mix with Hershey's® Fudge Pouch and melt away mini chips
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on brownie mix box

 Directions:

 

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom of 8-inch or 9-inch square pan with shortening or cooking spray.

 

2. In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, cherries, cherry juice and 1 egg with spoon; set aside.

 

3. Make brownie batter as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs--except spread half of the batter in pan. Spread cream cheese mixture over batter. Spoon remaining batter on top; spread gently to cover.

 

4. Bake 39 to 49 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour, before cutting. Store covered in refrigerator.