COOOOOKIES

Guys, I LOVE COOKIES.

It is a bit of a problem. I have trouble saying no to almost any kind of cookie.

Especially ones fresh out of the oven. 

I found this recipe on Pinterest and thought 

"This seems easy enough to start this blog off with"

Last time I made cookies from scratch they were super fluffy and had almost no flavor.

Not sure what I did wrong... but ever since it has been "break and bake" store-

bought cookie dough.

"CAKE BATTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES"

(If you click on the picture it will pull up the the source of the recipe)

Ingredients:

1 and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 and 1/4 cup yellow boxed cake mix

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1 egg, at room temperature

1.5 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup chocolate chips (I used mini semi-sweet chocolate chips)

1/2 cup sprinkles

Directions:

In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cake mix, & baking soda. Set aside. In a separate large bowl, mix together the butter & sugars on medium speed. Mix in the egg and vanilla until creamy.

(Do not eat the sugar and butter mixture like I did...it looks yummy but TRUST me it is not)

Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix. Do not OVERMIX the dough. Fold in the chocolate chips and sprinkles.

Cover & refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour. This step is mandatory.  Chilling the dough is required in order to avoid the cookie from spreading too much.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Scoop rounded tablespoons of the cold dough onto an ungreased baking sheet. Shape your cookie dough balls to be "taller" than they are wide. Make sure to keep dough chilled when working in batches. Bake for 10-12 minutes until edges are slightly browned. The centers will still appear very soft, but the cookies will set as they cool.

Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 4 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

This recipe made 20 cookies. Although I probably could have got 2 more cookies out of it, but I ate a few bites of the cookie dough. It's REAL good.

Now for the taste testers:

• ME: I actually preferred the cookie dough. I feel like these guys have the potential to be great, but there is something missing. They lost a little flavor after being baked.
• CJ: They are good, however the cake batter flavor wasn't very noticeable.
• MARY: No... it doesnt taste like cake batter. As far as chocolate chip cookies go, they are top notch.

3 out of 5 stars

✭✭✭☆☆