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Boxed Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies

I am constantly looking for new recipes for chocolate chip cookies since they are my boyfriend’s all‐time favorite type of cookie.  I have an entire Pinterest board devoted to chocolate chip cookies that I would eventually like to try out.

In college, one of my roommates introduced me to making chocolate chip cookies with a box of yellow or white cake mix.   The cookies came out deliciously puffy and moist and were so easy to create.  Plus, when you are on a college budget you can’t beat the price of cake mix and cooking oil since butter and flour are usually the most expensive ingredients.  This recipe is also an “elbow grease” friendly recipe, therefore no need for a stand mixer!

It has been some time since I made this cookie recipe.  I have moved about 7-8 times since acquiring the recipe and if you can imagine, I had since lost and forgot about the recipe.  However, a few months ago I saw recipes for making cookies with boxed cake mix and it instantly reminded me of that long lost recipe. We happened to have a random box of cake mix on hand so I decided to give the recipe a try.   I say random because I rarely have cake mix sitting in my pantry, but my boyfriend had bought some when he was shopping on his own because he couldn’t believe how cheap it was.  There are a lot of items like this in our pantry…it is one of the pleasures of living with a food-enthusiast man, or what I like to lovingly call a “cookie monster.”

When I brought these boxed cake batter cookies into work they went extremely fast and so many people asked for the recipe.  Sorry,  it has taken me a few months to post this!

Boxed Cake Mix Cookies

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Boxed Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Ingredients
  • 1 single box of cake mix (Yellow or White)
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 large eggs
  • ⅓ cup canola oil
  • ½ tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 and ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
  2. In a large bowl mix together the cake mix and baking powder. In a small bowl whisk together eggs, oil, and vanilla extract. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Continue to mix batter until there are no more chunks of dry cake mix. Stir in chocolate chips.
  3. Drop rounded tablespoons of batter onto baking sheets with the medium-sized cookie scoop or measuring spoon. Make sure they balls are at least 2 inches away from each other because they will spread out a little when baking.
  4. Bake for 10 minutes and take out of the oven to let continue cooking on baking sheet. After a few minutes, transfer to a wire rack. Let cool and enjoy!

Source- Adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction

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One Salted Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookie Bars

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Then there was one!

We are down to our last cookie already and wow, has this month flown by!  I am starting to get excited for the upcoming holiday and spending some time with the family.  I haven’t really had any time off since my move so a few days to breathe and relax will be nice too.  M and I were discussing how much we have to do for the holidays and she told me how she has yet to wrap a gift.  I, on the other hand haven’t even seen a gift I have bought because I shipped it to everywhere I am going so I don’t have to bring them on the plane.

The last cookie is a cookie bar, and a delicious one at that.  I have to admit that I don’t like make chocolate chip cookies for Christmas cookies because they are an everyday cookie to me. My boyfriend begged for this recipe and actually was head chef on these.   I just helped melt the caramel and he did most of the baking.   Guess which cookie has been the most popular so far?  Yup, this one!

Chocolate Chip Salted Caramel Cookie Bars

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One Salted Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookie Bars
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Ingredients
  • 2⅛ cups AP flour
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • 12 tbsp. butter, at room temperature, plus a small amount for greasing baking pan
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 10 oz. caramel candy squares, unwrapped
  • 3 tbsp. heavy cream
  • Sea salt, for sprinkling over caramel and bars
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
  2. Grease a 2-quart baking pan (11x7 baking dish) by spreading a small amount of butter on a paper towel.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
  4. Next, in bowl of a stand mixer, mix softened butter and both sugars.
  5. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix until combined and smooth.
  6. Slowly stir in dry ingredients and mix until combined. Add in chocolate chips.
  7. In a large microwave safe bowl, combine the caramel and heavy cream
  8. Microwave caramel on high until caramel are melted, stirring every 30 seconds for about 2-3 minutes, until mixture is smooth.
  9. Divide the cookie dough into two. Place one half of the cookie dough into the pan, smoothing with a spatula.
  10. Pour hot caramel over the dough in the pan. Sprinkle with sea salt.
  11. Drop remaining cookie dough by the spoonful over the caramel layer. Spread cookie dough with a spatula until the caramel is covered. Sprinkle with additional sea salt.
  12. Bake for 30 minutes or until the top of the cookie bars are light golden brown and the edges start to pull away from the pan.
  13. Remove from oven and allow bars to cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares and serve.

Source- Adapted from Two Peas and Their Pod
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