Lovin’ from the oven, the easy way.
When you want to show your family some love, there’s nothing quite like home-baked cookies. Biting into a warm cookie fresh out of the oven is like walking into a hug.
But for a busy mom, it’s not always easy to find the time to bake from scratch. So all too often, you end up sending your kids to school with store-bought cookies in their lunch boxes, which just isn’t the same.
Well, I’m about to let you in on a secret. There’s an easy shortcut that makes it really easy to bake cookies at home, without all the work. All you have to do is take a box of cake mix and add eggs, oil, and butter to make a good stiff batter. Then you spoon that out onto your cookie sheet, and you’re all ready for the oven.
Here’s a simple example: Toffee Butter Pecan Cake Mix Cookies. Making something like this from scratch would be a big hassle, but if you start with a box of butter pecan cake mix, all you have to do is mix the batter and stir in a half-cup of toffee bits. Load them in the oven, and in just 15 minutes, you’ll have warm, wonderful, chewy, crunchy, buttery cookies that taste just like love.
Toffee Butter Pecan Cake Mix Cookies
(printable recipe at bottom of post)
INGREDIENTS
1 box Butter Pecan Cake Mix
2 Eggs
1/4 Cup Oil
1/4 Cup Butter
1/2 Cup Toffee bits
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients except the toffee bits .
2. Combine well and spoon out onto a parchment lined cookie sheet
. If the dough is quite sticky, wet a spoon or finger and smooth down mound of dough into a nice round sphere.
For added decoration, use the tines of a fork to flatten the cookie and make a decoration on the top
. Sprinkle a small bit of toffee bits on top of the cookie before it goes into the oven
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3. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, or until golden
. (less time = softer cookie) Let cookies sit on the pan for about 2 – 3 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
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Toffee Butter Pecan Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 15 oz box Butter Pecan Cake Mix
- 2 Eggs
- 1/4 Cup Oil
- 1/4 Cup Butter
- 1/2 Cup Toffee bits
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 F. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients except the toffee bits .
- 2. Combine well and spoon out onto a parchment lined cookie sheet . If the dough is quite sticky, wet a spoon or finger and smooth down mound of dough into a nice round sphere. For added decoration, use the tines of a fork to flatten the cookie and make a decoration on the top . Sprinkle a small bit of toffee bits on top of the cookie before it goes into the oven .
- 3. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, or until golden . (less time = softer cookie) Let cookies sit on the pan for about 2 – 3 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
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Nutrition Information:
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Lori says
I’m looking forward to trying this recipe. Two questions: Is the butter softened, melted, or cold? And do you just stir the ingredients together or do you use a mixer? Thanks.
Corey says
I used a hand mixer Lori, and it’s best if the butter is softened.
Lori says
Great! Thanks for your speedy reply.
Naomi says
A disappointment. Not at all like a home made cookie. Cost wise, timewise an taking the end product into consideration find another recipe or buy a package of commercial cookies!
Corey says
I am so sorry you didn’t like these Naomi.
Suzanne Smith says
I just tried this recipe and I thought it was great. I used all butter instead of adding oil. I also added a half cup of mini chocolate chips (because that’s how I roll…) The cookies are delicious and my husband especially loves them!