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Easy Recipe For Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies

Why not surprise them tonight with this easy recipe for Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies?

Chocolate chip cookies are without a doubt America's favorites. And with a box of yellow cake mix and a few more ingredients, you are just minutes away from the irresistible aroma and flavor of fresh from the oven home baked chocolate chip cookies.

Yes, that's right. The secret ingredient to easy chocolate chip cookies is a standard 18.25-ounce box of cake mix.

A cake mix saves you from having to mix and measure all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda) found in most chocolate chip cookie recipes.

With a box of cake mix and a great recipe for chocolate chip cookies, you are well on your way to being a master cookie baker in minutes!

Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies Recipe

1 (18.25 ounce) package of yellow cake mix
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper for best results. Alternatively use ungreased cookie sheets.
In a large bowl beat half of the dry cake mix, butter, vanilla, and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed until well-blended and smooth, 1 to 2 minutes.
Stir in the remaining dry cake mix, chocolate chips, and nuts (if using) with a wooden spoon, just until combined.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls approximately 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 to 13 minutes, or just until the edges are set but the centers are still soft.
Remove from the oven and cool the cookies on the cookie sheet for about 1 minute and then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

This recipe yields about 48 Easy Chocolate Cookies with Cake Mix.

Easy Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies Recipe Variations:

Mexican Chocolate Chip Cookies:
Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon to the dry cake mix during the initial beating of the cookie dough.

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies:
Replace the vanilla with 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract and the semisweet chocolate chips with mint chocolate chips.

Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies:
Replace 1/2 cup toffee baking bits for the nuts.

Recipe sources:
Betty Crocker Cookie Book	Cake Mix Cookies	Mom's Big Book of Cookies

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