All-occasion Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb butter
• 2 3/4 flour
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package cake mix

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to 350°.
• 2 microwave 2 sticks of the butter on high for 1 minute or until melted.
• 3 using paring knife, slice remaining butter into 1/2 inch slices; add to melted butter, tossing to coat.
• 4 allow butter to stand 3-5 minutes or until softened.
• 5 blend cake mix and flour in bowl and whisk to break up any large lumps.
• 6 whisk butter until smooth and free of lumps, if necessary microwave for 10-20 seconds or until creamy and pourable.
• 7 do not melt completely.
• 8 pour butter, all at once, into dry ingredients.
• 9 mix until dry ingredients are incorporated and dough is smooth.
• 10 if dough is to stiff to stir knead until smooth.
• 11 using a small cookie scoop or teaspoons drop cookie dough onto baking sheet 2" apart.
• 12 bake 15-17 or until very light golden brown.
• 13 cool three minutes and transfer to cooling rack.
• 14 variations: chocolate: substitute devils food cake mix for the and bake as directed peanut butter: substitute yellow cake mix for the cake mix.
• 15 add flour as directed.
• 16 whisk 2/3 cup peanut butter into softened butter until smooth; add to dry ingredients as recipe directs.
• 17 mix ins: mix in 1/2-1 cup fo any combination of the following ingredients to the dough--miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips; whole, grated or chopped nuts; rasins; flaked coconut; dried cranberries; miniature candy-candy coated chocolate pieces; chopped candies; chocolate chunks; chocolate chips or toffee bits.