Need pumpkin cookies in a hurry? Here's your go-to recipe. Doctored cake mix is the shortcut to tasty, seasonal treats! Makes about 36 tablespoon-sized cookies.
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake mix, pumpkin
Author: Beth Cato
Equipment
parchment paper
Ingredients
15ouncespumpkin puree can
1large egg room temperature
2Tablespoonsvegetable oil
1box yellow cake mix
1/2cuprolled oatsalso called old fashioned oats
2 1/2teaspoonspumpkin spice mix
1cupwalnuts chopped
1/2cupdried cranberries
turbinado sugar optional
Instructions
Preheat oven at 350-degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
In a large bowl, combine the pumpkin, egg, and oil. Mix in the cake mix, pressing out any clumps. Add oats, pumpkin spice, walnuts, and cranberries, mixing until combined. Dough will be sticky. Use a spoon to form balls of dough to space out on baking sheet. If desired, sprinkle some turbinado sugar on each cookie.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until set. Move to cool on a rack. Store in a sealed container with waxed paper between the stacked layers.