Yummy Cookie Experiment

OK, so Husband had a particularly bad day the other day, I wanted to make something for him to try to end it on a good note, but only had a couple hours to do it in (seems like a long time, but remember, 2-1/2 month old and 3 year old).
So to the chocolate cake mix I went, but cake is so boring to me and I couldn't get it cooled and iced before he got home so to the Internet I went. I wanted to make a cookie of some sort, and there were lots of different recipes, but most of them used oil and water for the liquid part and I wanted a rich cookie. Here is where I went with it...

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
by Jennifer Moore
1 Stick unsalted butter
3 Eggs
1 T Sugar
1 Box chocolate cake mix (I used one with "pudding" in the mix)
2 T Water
1-1/2 C Chocolate chips (this can be modified to your taste, or add nuts or toffee pieces, the possibilities are endless here ;-D)

Preheat oven to 375. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Cream the butter, eggs and sugar together for 4-5 min using hand mixer (dunno if this amount of time is really needed, but that's how I did it), add cake mix and beat in till well combined, then add in the water and continue to mix till well incorporated (the color will lighten). Scrape down the sides with a spatula as needed. Remove mixing thingys (yes, this is a technical term) and scrape out as much of the batter as possible, this is the most annoying part because the batter is like a really thick frosting so its a pain but worth it i promise. Mix in the chocolate chips using your spatula. Drop rounded tablespoons of batter onto parchment lined cookie sheets, bake 1 pan at a time for 7-9 min, or until the cookies barely give when you lightly press with your thumb. Remove from oven and cool on parchment paper (carefully slide it off the pan) and then on cooling racks.


These cookies are even more scrumptious as they get cool and over the next couple days, they didn't last long around here, and this time I was the main culprit *blush*. Today I am going to try a lemon cookie, and a maple version as well, bringing them to church coffee hour tomorrow...Wish me luck!