Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 24 cookies

Ingredients:

1 box (18.25 oz) strawberry cake mix, like Duncan Hines
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 large eggs
1/3 cup vegetable/canola oil
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 and 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Set aside.

In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix and baking powder. Set aside. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil, and vanilla by hand. Add the egg mixture to the cake mixture and stir to form a dough- stir vigorously until all of the pockets of dry cake mix are gone. Gently mix in the chocolate chips.

Drop rounded balls of dough, about 2 Tablespoons each, onto the prepared baking sheet. Stick a few more chocolate chips on top of the cookie dough balls if you want them for looks, if desired. Make sure the balls of dough are taller than they are wide. See here for more details.

Bake for 10 minutes – do not let the cookies get brown. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 3 minutes; they will be very soft at first. As they cool, the tops may settle down; press them down gently with your fingers if they are not sinking much. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to one week.

Notes:

If you’d like to sift your dry cake mix to get out all of the lumps before combining with the rest of the ingredients, be my guest. But everything came together nicely for me without taking that extra step.

There is also no dough-chilling required. I chill my dough for nearly every single cookie I bake—the most recent exception is my recipe for Homemade Oatmeal Creme Pies—no need to wait around for the dough to get cold and moldable. The same goes for today’s cookies. Bypass all of that and stick these cake mix cookies right into the oven.

Only 20 minutes start to finish!

Recipe courtesy of Sally’s Baking Addiction.com