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Submitted by junjock

Shortcut oatmeal cookies using yellow cake mix as the base, loaded with oats, raisins, chopped nuts, and cinnamon. Soft, chewy, and foolproof.

YIELD

1 batch

PREP

15 min

COOK

15 min

READY

30 min

A cake mix hack that turns a box of yellow cake mix into thick, chewy oatmeal cookies with almost no measuring. The cake mix replaces the flour, leavening, and most of the sugar you’d normally need, so the ingredient list stays short and the mixing is fast.

The trick to getting these right is adding the cake mix in two stages. Half gets beaten into the wet ingredients (egg, water, margarine, shortening, brown sugar, and cinnamon) until smooth, then the other half gets stirred in with the oats, raisins, and nuts. This prevents overmixing the second half, which keeps the cookies tender instead of tough.

Both margarine and shortening go into these, which gives you the best of both: margarine for flavor and shortening for a chewier texture that holds its shape. The brown sugar on top of what’s already in the cake mix adds extra moisture and a hint of caramel.

Pro Tips

  • Drop by teaspoonfuls, not tablespoons. These spread more than a standard oatmeal cookie because of the cake mix’s extra leavening.
  • Don’t overbake. Pull them at 10-12 minutes when they still look slightly underdone in the center. They firm up as they cool on the sheet.
  • Any yellow cake mix brand works, but avoid ones with pudding already in the mix. They make the cookies too soft and cakey.
  • Let the cookies cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before transferring. They’re fragile when hot.

Variations

  • Use spice cake mix instead of yellow for a pre-spiced version with ginger, nutmeg, and allspice built in.
  • Swap raisins for chocolate chips or dried cranberries.
  • Use pecans or walnuts for the chopped nuts.

Ingredients

1 1
LARGE EACH EGG
¼ 59
CUP ML WATER
½ 118
CUP ML MARGARINE
softened
½ 118
½ 118
CUP ML BROWN SUGAR *
1 5
TEASPOON ML CINNAMON
1 1
PACKAGE PACKAGE CAKE MIX, YELLOW
2 473
CUPS ML OATMEAL
1 237
CUP ML RAISINS, SEEDLESS
optional
½ 118
CUP ML NUTS
chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 375℉ (190℃) Beat first 6 ingredients and ½ of the cake mix.

Stir in remaining cake mix, oatmeal, raisins and nuts.

Drop by teaspoon on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for the 10 to 12 minutes.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 259g (9.1 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 1061 41% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 49g 75%
Saturated Fat 8g 38%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 49mg 16%
Sodium 1190mg 50%
Total Carbohydrate 50g 50%
Dietary Fiber 7g 28%
Sugars g
Protein 27g
Vitamin A 22% Vitamin C 2%
Calcium 23% Iron 24%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, High Fiber
 

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