Another mid week treat using a cake mix – marble cookies. I also added chocolate chips and topped them with melted hershey kisses.
These are made with a marble cake mix, vegetable oil, and egg and water.
Ingredients list
1 marble cake mix
1 egg
1/3 cup vegetable oil
5 tbs water
1 cup Chocolate chips
Directions – In one bowl, combine yellow cake mix, egg, oil and 3 tbs water. Add chocolate chips. In another bowl, combine fudge packet and 2 tbs water. Add fudge mixture to yellow cake mixture. Swirl gently with a knife to marble. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Chill for a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on sheet.
Bake 12 minutes. Cool completely. I topped these with melted hershey kisses.
To celebrate the Sabres 11th win in 12 games – An easy mid-week treat. One for my non-chocolate loving friends at work – white cake mix cookies. Just a few ingredients – white cake mix, egg whites, vegetable oil, and almond extract. You can use 2 eggs if you don’t have egg whites and use vanilla extract instead of almond extract if you prefer. And they are topped with a simple buttercream frosting .
Ingredients list
1 white cake mix
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 egg whites or 6 tbs liquid egg whites or 2 eggs
1 tsp almond extract (or vanilla)
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Roll into balls and slightly flatten. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tbs milk
2 tsp almond extract (or vanilla)
Directions – in a bowl, combine ingredients and blend well. Frost cookies. Store in covered container.
For my final treat of 2025, I made lemon frosted cake mix squares. I didn’t have a lemon cake mix, so I used a white one and added some lemon extract, along with the other ingredients. These are for my friend rib’s birthday and as luck for the Sabres, who go for their 10th straight win tonight against the Stars, one of the best teams in the NHL.
These are super simple, don’t require a ton of ingredients or time. You can leave them plain or frost them.
Ingredients list
1 white cake mix
1 sugar cookie mix
3 eggs
1 cup butter, melted
2 tsp lemon extract
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 pan with baking spray. In a bowl, combine mixes. Blend in butter, then eggs and extract. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 18 to 20 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tbs lemon juice
In a bowl, combine ingredients. Frost bars. Cut and store in covered container.
The German chocolate cake is a masterpiece of a dessert- German chocolate cake, pecan coconut frosting and chocolate frosting. The bakery in my hometown of Olean, NY – the former Ried’s food barn- made the nest German chocolate cakes. And I am sure the now olean food barn does too.
So I made a cookie sandwich version using a cake mix, canned coconut pecan frosting and a homemade chocolate frosting as the fillings.
You can make a homemade coconut pecan frosting, but I went with canned frosting today
Cookies ingredients
1 German chocolate cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. In a bowl, blend 3 ingredients. Scoop out 2 tbs of dough. Roll into a ball and slightly flatten. Stagger on cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. No longer. Cool completely.
Chocolate frosting filling ingredients
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 tbs evaporated milk
1 tbs vanilla
Directions – in a bowl, combine butter and cocoa. Blend in powdered sugar, then evaporated milk and vanilla. Add more evaporated milk or powdered sugar to get the consistency you want.
Place cookies flat side up.
On one half, spread some coconut pecan frosting. On another half, spread some chocolate frosting.
If you love chocolate, this cake is for you. It uses a chocolate cake mix (I used dark chocolate fudge, but any one is fine), and a handful of other ingredients. The frosting is a buttercream with finely ground oreos. If you don’t have black cocoa, regular unsweetened baking cocoa is fine. I think I will make a golden oreo version of this with a white cake mix another time.
Ingredients list
1 chocolate cake mix
1 box chocolate instant pudding mix (3.4 oz)
1/2 cup black cocoa
3 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup greek yogurt
1/2 cup milk
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a bundt cake pan with baking spray. Set aside. In a bowl, blend cake mix, pudding mix and cocoa. Blend in eggs, oil, greek yogurt and milk. Fold in chips. Batter will be thick. Spread evenly into prepared bundt pan. Bake 28 to 32 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Remove from oven. Cool 15 minutes in pan. Then pop cake onto a plate and cool completely.
I felt i left this cake in a minute too long, so I found a syrup recipe to help moisten it up. This is used before you frost it.
In a saucepan, combine 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar and 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa. Whisk constantly over medium heat just until it boils. Remove from stove. Pour in a pan and cool completely. Brush on cooled cake.
Oreo buttercream frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup crisco
4 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
4 to 6 tbs heavy cream
14 oreos, finely crushed (i used a food processor)
Directions – in a bowl cream butter and crisco. Slowly blend in powdered sugar. Add vanilla and 4 tbs of heavy cream. Mix more cream, one tbs at a time, until you get the consistency you want. Blend in crushed oreos. Frost cake. Store in covered container.
A simple cookies for today’s, but very chocolatey! Fudgy brownie cookies with peanut butter m&ms and peanut butter chips. They use a brownie mix, with just a couple of ingredients. I recommend chilling the individual doughs for a few hours before baking.
Ingredients list
1 brownie mix
2 tbs flour
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
1/2 cup peanut butter m&ms
Directions- in a bowl, combine brownie mix, oil, eggs and flour. Blend in m&ms and chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups dough. Chill for a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies like below.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer. Cool completely. Store in covered container.
We had one last bag of leftover candy from Halloween – a bag of plain m&ms. so I thought “why not bake with them?”
Note the colors in the middle – red and blue! Go Bills!
Instead of the usual chocolate chip cookie recipe, I went with oatmeal, for something different.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Chill the individual doughs for a few hours. And preheat your oven before baking
Ingredients list
8 tbs butter, softened
2 1/2 tbs crisco
1 cup plus 2 tbs plus 2 tsp brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg
1 tbs honey
1 tbs vanilla
1 1/3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups oats (I used quick pats)
1 cup m&ms
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, crisco and brown sugar. Add egg, honey and vanilla. Blend in flour, salt and oats. Mix in m&ms. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet. flatten cookies to desired thickness.
Another treat for my non chocolate loving friends at work. A brown sugar cookie, with a brownie sugar cookie dough frosting and topped with pieces of edible cookie dough.
Remember to spoon your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount, chill the individual mounds of dough for a few hours, and preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tbs cornstarch
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Directions – In a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add egg, oil and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and form tall mounds. Chill at least a few hours in the fridge. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer. Cookies may be gushy. You can pop them in the fridge to help firm them up. Make sure they are completely cooled.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1,/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup flour (heated in a microwave safe container for 30 seconds)
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tbs heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add flour and powdered sugar. Mix in vanilla and cream.
Edible cookie dough ingredients
4 tbs butter, softened
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tbs heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1,/2 cup flour (heated in a microwave safe container for 30 seconds)
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add cream, vanilla and salt. Blend in flour. Mix in chips. Scoop out tsp of dough and roll into balls.
Frost cooled cookies and topped with pieces of cookie dough.
Part 2 of today’s cinnamon related treats – snickerdoodles. They are remarkably like churros. A soft sugar cookie with cinnamon added to the batter and cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag so you get the right amount. I think i would chill the dough before baking next time, so they spread less. And, preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup crisco
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cups plus 2 tbs flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Cinnamon sugar
Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco and sugar. Add egg. Blend in dry ingredients. Add a tbs or 2 of water if dough seems too dry. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top. Chill a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stagger cookies on sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Today, I present a perfect chocolate chip cookie recipes. These stay puffy and soft and are, yes, perfect. The dough does not need chilling.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also, preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup butter flavor crisco
3/4 cup brown sugar (firmly packed into measuring cup)
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs water
3.4 oz package instant vanilla pudding
3 cups flour
1 tsp cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. In a bowl, cream butter, butter crisco, brown sugar and sugar. Add eggs, water and vanilla. Mix in pudding mix. Fold in dry ingredients. Blend in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.
cookies by christine 