Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies

I am a cookie baking freak. If it's different, I want to try it. I don't know how I missed these in my years of searching on the net for cookies but I'm glad I found them now (thanks to Melody on Pinterest...ohh how I love Pinterest)!

The only change I may make next time would be a few less chocolate chips. Also my cake mix was a little less than what is shown on the recipe but the same amounts still worked with the mix.

After reading the comments from where this recipe was originally posted, I found some really cool variations. Picture this: Strawberry cake mix-white chocolate chips....can you say YUM!!

Ingredients:

• 1 (18.25 oz.) box cake mix
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions: 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together the cake mix and baking powder. Add eggs and oil, then mix until well blended. (It was a bit crumbly for me so I used my hands to really mix it well- it's not as smooth as typical dough.)
• Stir in chocolate chips, or your choice of additions. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven.  Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe found on: Stephanie Cooks

Molasses Sugar Cookies

Molasses Sugar Cookies

• 1 1/2 cups shortening
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Melt the shortening in a large pan on the stove, and cool.
2. Add sugar, eggs, and molasses, beat well.
3. In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together and add to the pan. Mix well and chill 3 hours or overnight.
4. Form into walnut-size balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
5. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8-10 minutes.
6. Store in an airtight container to keep from getting overly crisp. If they do lose their softness, an easy way to restore it is to place one slice of fresh bread in the container with the cookies for a couple of hours or overnight and they will be soft again!