Cheryl's Twist on Cookies
Any boxed cake mix will do.
Heat oven to 350 degrees
In large bowl whisk together dry cake mix and 1/2 cup sugar.
In microwave bowl melt 1 stick butter or margarine for 20 seconds. Butter will not be completely melted. Add to butter 2 eggs and whisk together. Pour into dry cake mix and stir with a heavy duty utensil until all the dry ingredients are moist. It will be thick. Don't worry if there a few dry balls of cake mix. When they bake, the butter will hit them, and they will moisten.
Drop onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper by less than a teaspoon size ball. Leave about 1 inch space between the balls. They will spread out in baking process.
Bake for 13 minutes on the center rack of the oven. Do not bake on the lower rack. They will be puffy when removed from the oven but will drop in the cooling process. Let cool to touch. Cookies will be crunchy on outside with a gooey center. Makes at least 4 dozen.
Dark Chocolate Fudge - no modifications.
Red Velvet - add 1 Tbsp. butter flavoring OR almond extract. It makes for an interesting look and taste.
Pumpkin Spice - use a spice cake mix and add 1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice and 1 tsp. cinnamon
Lemon Poppy Seed - use lemon cake mix and add 1 Tbsp. lemon extract and 2 Tbsp. poppy seeds.
When adding ingredients, add dry ingredients to dry mix and wet ingredients to wet mix.
When adding wet ingredients you may have to add a minute or more to cook time.
