Fall is my favorite season for many reasons.  Football games, campfires and holiday baking.  Life with a newborn baby doesn’t always allow for recipe-testing, grocery shopping and time in the kitchen, though.  Ya don’t say, right?  Therefore, I’ve been looking for the easiest recipes that also taste yummy.  This 1-2-3- step Halloween cake mix cookie recipe is a winner.  In fact, I made two batches of warm, gooey cookies while the baby was sleeping.  This includes a million trips to the animal’s crib to put his pacifier back in and a 30-minute stationary bike ride to work off that Mom body.  Er, or to earn my cookie-eating stripes?

What simple holiday baking recipes are you making this fall?

Ingredients:  Cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil and your favorite colored sprinkles.

Step (1):  Use a mixer to combine the cake mix, vegetable oil, eggs and sprinkles.  Lots and lots of sprinkles.

Step (2):  More sprinkles.  I wasn’t kidding when I said use a lot of sprinkles.  Splurge a little.

Step (3):  Roll the dough in to medium-sized balls.  Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes at 325 degrees.  Let cool on a cooling rack for 15 minutes.

Halloween cake mix cookie recipe

Ingredients:
1 box of cake mix (Betty Crocker has some great flavors to choose from here)
1/2 cup of vegetable oil
2 extra large eggs
Sprinkles

Heat the oven to 325 degrees.  Grease a cookie sheet.

In a medium bowl, mix the cake mix, vegetable oil, extra large eggs and sprinkles.

Use an ice cream scoop to form medium-sized balls.  Roll the dough with the palms of your hands to form an even ball shape.  Place on the cookie sheet and cook for 8-10 minutes.  When you take the cookies out of the oven they are going to feel uncooked.  Let cool on a cooking rack for 15 minutes.