Sometimes You Just Need a Cookie

So this afternoon, I thought it might be fun to make cookies WITH my two and a half year old (who, by the way, is yelling foreign language obscenities at the cats who are quietly sitting on the SAFE side of the baby gate. *sigh*)

Well the "baking with" concept was a little lost on my Benner because it mostly involved him yelling at me and demanding to "eat cookies, NOW, mommy!!!" So twenty very loud minutes later, cookies were mixed, baked, and cooling. Then I fed the beast and the beast was pleased. I thought I'd share the recipe for the easiest cookies in the world.

Easiest Tastiest Cake Cookies

1 boxed cake mix (any flavor)
2 eggs
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix cake mix, eggs, and butter for 1 min. on low with electric mixer.
3. Scrape edges of bowl and mix for 1 min. more. Batter will be THICK.
4. Stir in add-ins of choice.5. Drop teaspoon sized dollops onto ungreased cookie sheets.
6. Bake for 10-15 minutes on middle rack of oven.
7. Allow to cool for 10 minutes on cookie sheets before transferring to cooling rack.

Add-ins:

For Oatmeal Raisin, add 5oz raisins and 2 cups oatmeal
For Chocolate Chip, add 1 cup semi-sweet chips
For Spiced Nut cookies, use Spice Cake mix and add 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds, etc.)

Or add whatever sounds tasty to you!

And voila!