Cake Mix Cake
Any yellow or white cake mix. Works. Trust me.
1 box cake mix.
1 1/4 Cups water
1/4 Cup unsweetened applesauce
3 eggs white (or the equivalent substitute)
Mix with a hand mixer for at least 2 minutes - not more than 3.
Pour into two cake pans lined in - Pam and sugar or Pam and flour. Or wax paper.
Bake.
Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes. Until the proverbial toothpick comes out clean. (For more on the toothpick and pan preparation - see How to Make a Snack Cake.)
Cake Mix Cookies
The original was in a newspaper. Of course,
I changed it.
1 18 ounce package of cake mix - yellow with
pudding in the mix
1/2 Cup applesauce - unsweetened (or 1/2 cup
margarine or Crisco if you must)
1 Egg or equivalent (1/2 of an EggBeaters'
little cup)
4 tablespoons of water
1 6oz package of chips (vanilla or chocolate)
1/2 cups nuts (almonds, peanuts, pecans or
walnuts) All nuts must be chopped up.
Beat - dough will be stiff (so be careful
of your little hand mixer motor). Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased
cookie sheet. (I use Pam anyway - or a non-stick cookie sheet.) Bake 8-10
minutes at 375 degrees, middle rack of the oven. Cool 2 minutes before
lifting off the sheet. Remove and cool on a wire rack.
Oh right. It's the wire rack again! I still
haven't found mine in four years. Perhaps on my next trip to the market....
Here's how I really make it....
I whomp the dough into submission. Drop globs
of whatever size I feel like making onto a pan with Pam sprayed all over
it. Bake until they look done (lightly brown on the bottom, no dough visible
when you cut one in half, always eat this test cookie). If I am lucky
I wait 2 minutes before upending the cookie sheet on the counter (hopefully
on a strip of wax paper or aluminum foil). Any cookies that break are
fair game. Hovering children (and men) know this. I haven't found my wire
rack in a dog's age. Actually, not since I last moved.
If I am really pressed for time, I spread
dough onto the cookie sheet - one end to the other. Wall-to-wall dough.
Bake. Probably 30 minutes but check every 5 minutes after the first 20.
Cool. Dump out. Cut up.
This version is good for the "biggest cookie"
cooking contest. Boy Scouts do this. I learned.
Flavor Combos
Yellow cake with:
Vanilla chips and almonds
Chocolate chips and walnuts
Butterscotch chips and peanuts or pecans
Funfetti Cookies
This is in the Pillsbury "The Best from 50
Years of BAKE-OFF Contests". From their "Cooking in the '90s"
section, May 1999, page 86-87. From the 34th contest. Notice that is close
to the one above.
1 18.9 ounce package of Pillsbury Moist Supreme(R)
Funfetti(R) Cake Mix
1/2 Cup oil (use Canola or make the applesauce
substitution)
2 Eggs or equivalent (1/2 Cup egg substitute)
1/2 of a 15.6-oz. can Pillsbury Creamy Supreme
Funfetti Pink Vanilla Frosting
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine all ingredients and stir by hand until moistened. Dough will
be stiff. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, place onto an ungreased cookie
sheet. With a glass dipped in flour, flatten the cookies to 1/4-inch thickness.
Bake 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees, middle rack of the oven, until a light
golden brown on the edges. Cool 2 minutes before lifting off the sheet.
Remove and cool on a wire rack.
Spread frosting over the cookies and dribble
the candy bits from the frosting package over the cookies. Let it set
(be dry to the touch) before storing in a tight container.
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