Cake and Pancake mixes are simply flour, baking soda, salt and sometimes dried milk. Making cookies from a box mix is easy, if you can measure ingredients, you can bake cookies from box mix. You can use any kind of pancake mix or cake mix you have on hand and one of your favorite cookie recipes.
- 3/4 C box mix – Bistro sells Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix
- 3 TBL butter, slightly softened
- 1/4 C brown sugar – packed (or ¼ C granulated white sugar and 2 tsp molasses)
- 1 medium egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- scant salt
- OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS
- ¼ C chunky peanut butter
- ¼ C raisins or Craisins
- ¼ C semi-sweet chocolate chips, chilled
- ¼ C walnuts, chopped
- Mix together sugar, salt, butter, vanilla and egg
- Add optional ingredients (chocolate, nuts, etc)
- Stir in dry pancake mix with a spoon just until combined
NOTE: Batter should be thick - Cover and put into the refrigerator for 20 minutes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cut dough into 4, 6 or 8 pieces, depending on how big you want your cookies.
- Form into balls with your hands
- Put 3 TBL CinnaSugar in a bowl
(1/2 C each granulated sugar and cinnamon – scant nutmeg) - Roll dough balls in CinnaSugar to cover.
- Place cinnamon covered balls 4 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet
- Optional: Sprinkle with Maldon salt
- Press down only slightly
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until set.
- Remove hot cookies immediately from cookie sheet to cooling rack with spatula.
- Cool for at least 2 minutes before removing from baking tray, then enjoy.
Here is a combination as suggested by Arizona Your Life A-Z
- 1 box 16 oz cake mix
(or 15 oz mix plus 1/4 C flour or Bisquick for each ounce under 16) - 1/2 C Vegetable Oil
- 2 Eggs
- Plus sprinkles, chocolate chips, nuts, etc
- 350º for 8-10 minutes
