Cackadoodles

I know what you’re thinking.  I’ve given up on the ole cookie blog already.  It would appear that as much as I love to bake, finding the time to sit down, go through pictures, write up the recipe and edit is just a near impossibility at the moment.  Spring has officially sprung and we are as busy as ever.  Between birthdays, holidays, races, training, and the overall business of everyday life I have managed to post not one single recipe in about two weeks.  But then I went and made these cookies and I just couldn’t keep them from the blogosphere any longer. 

You see, I knew that cake mix could be used as a quick substitute for cookie dough.  It’s quick and easy and what’s more, it’s delicious.  So the other day, when my sweet tooth awoke to find no snacks around worth partaking in, I was desperate.  I decided to delve into the pantry and see what I could throw together fast.  I had a box of brownie mix and a box of Duncan Hines Spice Cake mix. 

But what I wanted was a cookie.

So then an idea struck me, what if I made spice cookies from that old box of about to expire cake mix.  I mean, we wouldn’t want the cake mix to develop any mold spores sitting on that shelf and I knew I wouldn’t be making Spice cake until fall.  And it is so effortless to turn cake mix into cookies.  Then another light bulb went off in my head, what if I rolled said cookies in cinnamon and sugar much like Snickerdoodles but without all the trouble.

Into a bowl went the cake mix.  Followed by two eggs and a half a cup of canola oil.  Fifty strokes with a wooden spoon later, we had dough.  I then took teaspoonfuls and rolled them in a small bowl of cinnamon and sugar, heavy on the cinnamon.  From there to a cookie sheet and into an oven preheated to 350* degrees for about 9 minutes. 

The result: 

Might I, the biggest fan of Snickerdoodles you’ll possibly ever meet, tell you that these cookies are perhaps, gulp, better than Snickerdoodles. 

Let’s put it this way, the sweet tooth was more than satiated. 

 

 

 

 

Cackadoodles

Ingredients

1 package spice cake mix

2 large eggs

1/2 cup canola oil

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 tablespoons sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350* degrees. Get out cookies sheets and cooling racks. Combine cinnamon and sugar.
2. Mix cake mix, eggs and oil in a medium bowl until combined.
3. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough in cinnamon and sugar mixture.  Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake 8-10 minutes.