Will the madness never end?
I just made the world’s easiest cookies. I’m almost embarrassed to post about them because they have all of four ingredients. But I figure there are other busy people out there that may appreciate a less than gourmet cookie recipe so what the heck.
Maida Heatter I am not.
Basically you take any boxed cake mix, add 1/2 cup of vegetable oil and two eggs. Mix together. Roll into 1 inch balls, roll in powdered sugar. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. That’s it. Makes 3 doz.
Chocolate cake mix works really well. So does lemon cake mix. You can add things like nuts or chocolate chips but then you are just thoroughly complicating things and it ruins the austere simplicity of the cookie. Or add the nuts, who cares about austere?
I actually like to add about a 1/4 tsp. of lemon extract to my lemon ones to make them lemon-ier.
I’m not the most accomplished baker if you haven’t already figured that out. I’m better at recipes where I don’t have to be so precise. Although I do make a killer cheese cake. I actually made a tiered cheese cake for my sister in law’s wedding. And had six back up cheese cakes to serve the masses. It took me about three years to get over that and make it again.
Here’s a little secret – this is what my kitchen really looks like when I’m cooking. I’m not a clean up as you go kind of cook.