If you’re looking for easy dessert recipes made with just a few ingredients, you’ve got to try cake mix cookies! They’re extra soft and yummy, kid approved, and quick to make at home. Serve warm with a glass of milk, and WOW! You’ve got an impressive dessert your family will want you to make again and again. My kids go bonkers for these pillowy peanut butter cookies!
Ingredients Needed
- 1 box cake mix (yellow, white, or chocolate)
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
Keep a few boxes of cake mix stocked in your pantry and you’ve always got a last minute dessert ready for you! The rest of the ingredients are pantry staples that you probably already have on hand.
These cookies are made just like any other cookies. Simply mix the wet ingredients together and then slowly pour in the dry cake mix until a thick dough is formed. Place approximately 15 dough balls onto a parchment lined baking sheet, flatten with a fork, and bake! Dessert is ready.
Pillowy Soft Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 box yellow cake mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F and line a large sheet pan with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix together the peanut butter, eggs and oil until smooth and well combined.
- Slowly pour in the contents of the dry cake mix and mix until a thick cookie dough forms.
- Form approximately 15 balls of dough and place them evenly onto your prepared baking sheet.
- Use a fork to flatten and create a cross hatch design on each dough ball.
- Bake for 12-15 or until the cookies start to turn golden brown.
Notes
- You can also try white or chocolate cake mix for this easy peanut butter cookie recipe!
- To jazz them up, consider folding in some chocolate or peanut butter chips to the batter.
- Cake Mix Cookies can actually be made in any cake mix flavor. Simply take a box of cake mix and combine it with two eggs and ½ cup of vegetable oil. The possibilities are endless! Red velvet, carrot cake, spice cake, strawberry, lemon, orange, vanilla, chocolate, etc. From there you can also add in some mix-ins such as nuts, chocolate chips, raisins, sprinkles, etc.
