04 August 2010

The Easiest Cookie Recipe EVER

My favorite cookie recipe goes something like this:
1 box of cake mix
1 egg
1 stick of margarine, melted
Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.

See? Easy. Hasty-rific.

Anyway, I'd seen this recipe while looking at food blogs (something I try not to do very often--drool is not kind to a keyboard). The idea of a root beer flavored baked good was intriguing, but I didn't want to put all the work into the fancy recipe. So I hauled out my favorite cookie recipe, used a vanilla cake mix, and added a tablespoon of root beer extract.

Yum. So very yum.

And it's popular with the entire family. I made a 29-cookie batch less than 24 hours ago. While a number of them have been eaten by my most appreciative self, I have not been alone in their consumption.

It's easy to add other goodies to this recipe--butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, M&Ms, etc. Tell me what mash-ups you'd make, using what cake mix and what goodies?