Cookies that start with a boxed cake mix — chocolate crinkles, red velvet, chocolate chip, cake mix cookie bars — for nights you need dessert in a hurry.
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Taking advantage of boxed cake mix as their base, Chocolate Crinkle Cake Mix Cookies are super easy to make. Hardly any measuring, just a few basic ingredients, amazingly quick to mix up.
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Open in Pepper →A box of cake mix, a couple of eggs, and some oil will get you a pan of soft cookies before the oven even feels hot. There's no creaming butter, no measuring flour, and no mixer to wash afterward.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these when the school bake sale is tomorrow morning, when company calls at four o'clock, or when the kids want something sweet and dinner dishes are still in the sink.
Every recipe here starts with a boxed mix: chocolate crinkle cake mix cookies rolled in powdered sugar, red velvet with cream cheese spread, devil's food chocolate chip, cake mix cookie bars baked in one pan, iced white cake mix cookies, and fruity pebbles cereal killer cookies for the kids.
Keep the dough stiff
Cake mix dough should hold its shape on the spoon. If it's runny, chill it 20 minutes before scooping.
Scoop them the same size
Use a 1 1/2-tablespoon cookie scoop so all the cookies finish baking at the same minute.
Pull them looking underdone
Bake 8 to 10 minutes and take them out while the centers still look soft; they firm up on the hot pan.
Cool bars before cutting
Let cake mix cookie bars sit in the pan at least 30 minutes, or they'll tear apart when you slice them.