Cake Mix Cookies

A few weeks ago, I was invited to a lovely luncheon. My best  friend Laquita has three boys of her own, she and her husband raised three foster children (all boys) and now have had three exchange students (again, all boys!).  Her oldest son, Derek is getting married in November and Quita will be getting her first daughter in law. She had a luncheon for Emily to meet the women who will become her family.  I was invited, even though I’ve already met Emily and I’m not really family.  (Although I baby-sat for Derek when he was a baby, and Derek once wrote me note signed “your young husband” and one of the boys once wet on me when he was little.)  I went over early to help with stuff  and Quita asked me make strawberry cookies.   Here they are: 

  They were sweet, very “strawberry-y”   crisp.  They were good, even if I do say so myself. 

 

 

 

Today I made chocolate cookies.  I used my cookie press (Don’t ask WHY I have a cookie press – I have WAY too many kitchen utensils.) 

I’ve gotta tell you, these are the easiest cookies I’ve ever made. 

Here is the secret:  these were both made from cake mixes. . . Yes, cake mixes. It is the easiest thing in the whole wide world.  Take one cake mix, any flavor apparently works. I’m thinking lemon next.  Add a 1/3 cup of vegetable oil.  (For the strawberry cookies, I used 1/2 cup, but I think it was a little much. Much easier to mix up, but  I think 1/3 cup is sufficient.)  Add two eggs, mix it all up.    Put on the pan in teaspoonfuls, or use your cookie press.  Bake at 350 for 8 – 10 minutes. The chocolate ones took 9 minutes exactly.  Cook and eat!! Easy, easy, easy!!