I have had these Lazy Cake Cookies from I'm a Lazy Mom pinned for a few weeks and decided on a whim last night at 9:30 p.m. to throw them together.
With just four ingredients and not much liquid, I decided to read through the comments to see what others said about them. Several said the batter was much drier than they thought it should be. One said to bake it longer than the recipe said. A few others talked about using different size pans.
Overall the comments were positive and the original blogger answered most of the questions asked so I just went for it.
I dumped a box of white cake mix into a mixing bowl and added 5 Tablespoons of melted butter and started stirring and stirring and stirring. It was really dry!
Oh no!! Had I been duped by a recipe too simple to be true?
No...I forgot to add the 2 beaten eggs to the mix! Oops.
Once I added the eggs and mixed it well (keep going when you think you've mixed enough) the batter resembled cookie dough. It definitely was NOT a "wet" batter nor did it look like cake batter! In went a bag of M&Ms and the batter was ready to go.
I spooned it into a greased 9x13 glass baking pan and pressed it down into the pan.
20 minutes in a 350 degree pre-heated oven and I had a pan of warm cookies at 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night.
They had a unique flavor to them - thanks to the cake mix, I think.
I liked them. I liked them a lot - probably too much. So I did what any gal who is already having trouble zipping her jeans would have done, I took them into the office this morning and sent an email to my coworkers and let them help me save my waistline!
I will definitely use this recipe again when I'm craving something sweet or need a quick dessert for a pitch-in or family dinner.
Lazy Cake Cookies from I'm a Lazy Mom
Box of White Cake Mix
5 T. melted butter
2 eggs, beaten
2 c. M&Ms (or chocolate chips or Reese's Pieces or butterscotch chips or ...)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish (I used a glass dish).
Combine the cake mix, butter and eggs. Mix well. Add in M&Ms and stir.
Bake for 20 minutes (edges will brown). Cool, cut and serve with a glass of milk!!
LOVE quick and easy recipes! Pinning! :-)
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