recipe: peanut butter cake mix cookies

I pin many things and often in short, furious spurts. Unfortunately, much of the time, my 88 boards serve only as virtual eye candy. Earlier this week though, I pinned a cookie recipe and asked my son if he would like to help me make them soon. "Yes, Mommy! I want to help you bake cookies." Today, we did just that! We had the short list of ingredients on hand and turned it into a fun little morning project while little brother napped.

Ready for how easy this one is? Gather these four ingredients. We also added chocolate chips, per G's request, but they aren't necessary.

Add all of the ingredients to the mixer bowl (or a large bowl, using a hand mixer) and mix on low until incorporated. Then, drop by tablespoonful onto ungreased cookie sheets (G used a cookie scoop).

Flatten each cookie, gently, with a fork in a criss cross pattern.

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until just slightly golden brown on the edges.

The result is a slightly soft, slightly crumbly cookie that is packed with peanut butter flavor. Give them a try!

Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookies

(Source: Youth Literature Reviews)

Yields approx. 3 dozen

 

1 package yellow cake mix

1 cup creamy peanut butter (I used Skippy Natural)

½ cup vegetable or canola oil

2 large eggs

Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes (check at 9 or 10 minutes to prevent over-browning).

recipe: soft and thick sugar cookies

Yes, two recipes in a week (and another tucked away for next) because this was too good not to share. 

For Valentine's Day we were staying home and not making a big fuss but, I made a new recipe for dinner and wanted dessert to be special. Earlier in the week, I had pinned a recipe for sugar cookies claiming they were better than the Lofthouse cookies found in the grocery store. And easy. Sold.

The boys and I hit the grocery store on Thursday afternoon, picked up the few ingredients we didn't have on hand and George helped me whip up a batch. That quickly turned to two. Ahem. Just go ahead and make them. Really.

Soft and Thick Sugar Cookies
Recipe adapted from Noshings
Source: Homemade By Holman

Cookies:
1 18 oz box white cake mix with pudding in the mix
2/3 cup flour
2 large eggs
1/3 cup canola oil
2 T sour cream (I used reduced fat)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a large mixing bowl, stir together cake mix and flour.  Add eggs, oil and sour cream and mix on medium speed until incorporated.  Batter will be fairly stiff.  Use a cookie scoop or roll into approximately one inch balls and bake on a baking sheet lined with a Silpat or parchment paper.  This will help keep the bottoms of the cookies from browning.  Use the heel of your hand or a glass dusted with sugar to gently flatten cookies to about a half inch thick.  You don't want the bottoms to be browned or you've overbaked these.  Bake approximately 10 minutes until just set.  Let cool about 1 minute on the pan and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Frost as desired. There is a frosting recipe in the pin/link but, I used canned and added red sugar to top. Let frosting set and store in airtight container.

Source: homeiswheretheholmansare.blogspot.com via Jen on Pinterest