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Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies!

Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies
Cake Mix, Eggs, Vegetable Oil
Cake Mix, Eggs, Vegetable Oil

I have a major sweet tooth! Every year we make a Christmas cookie box for our neighbors and friends. While some recipes are more complicated than others my favorite cookie to add to the mix are these simple and delicious Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies!

White cake mix is $0.79 at my local grocery store. Sometimes I mix it up in an attempt to be healthyish and I buy Sugar Free white cake mix, although this is a little more expensive at $1.45 a box. Taste wise, there is no real difference if you choose to use regular cake mix or the sugar free mix; choose the cake mix that is right for you and your budget.

Check out my recipe for these amazing Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies and help satisfy that sweet tooth.

Ingredients:

  • Box of White Cake Mix
  • 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup of sprinkles or candy (optional)

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cookie sheet by lining it with a silicone baking sheet or parchment paper.

In a mixing bowl, combine white cake mix, vegetable oil, and eggs. Mix the ingredients with a spatula until they are well incorporated.

All Ingredients Added to a Bowl Prior to Mixing
All Ingredients Added to a Bowl Prior to Mixing
Mix until Everything is Well Incorporated
Mix until Everything is Well Incorporated

Optional: Add the sprinkles or candy to the dough mixture. Fold the sprinkles or candy into the dough, do not over mix them because you do not want them to break down.

Optional: Add Sprinkles or Candy!
Optional: Add Sprinkles or Candy!

Using a small cookie scoop, scoop the cookie dough onto the lined baking sheet. Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Dough Scooped out onto Parchment Baking Sheet
Dough Scooped out onto Parchment Baking Sheet

This recipe makes approximately 24 cookies.

Fun With Sprinkles

Sprinkles!
Sprinkles!

One of the reasons I love this cookie, other than the fact that they are delicious, is that they work for EVERY Holiday.

Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies with Holiday Sprinkles
Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies with Holiday Sprinkles

Change the sprinkle color and shapes for each holiday season. Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s Day…really the possibility of sprinkle choices are endless.

Candy Couldn’t Hurt

Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies with M&M's
Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies with M&M’s

Have any leftover Halloween Candy? Just dump them into this cookie instead of the sprinkles to make them extra decadent. Any number of common candies would be great in this cookie: M&M’s, Reese’s, Snickers, Twix, Milkyway…I could go on an on.

One of my favorite candies to add is of course M&M’s. That candy coated chocolate bite satisfies my chocolate craving every time!

Customizing Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies

These cookies are great to customize for parties and holidays.

Every year I make a holiday cookie box for my neighbors and every year this three ingredient cake mix cookie makes it in! I simply add a few drops of green food coloring to the three ingredient cake mix dough and place one red M&M or larger red heart sprinkle in the center of the cookie prior to baking. These easy cookies have now been magically transformed into Grinch Cookies!

ANY boxed cake mix can be used to create different flavor combinations. Chocolate Cake Mix, Lemon Cake Mix, and Spice Cake Mix are some of my favorites! What are you waiting for?

Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies
Three Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies

These simple and deliciously easy three ingredient cake mix cookies are sure to be a hit with the entire house!

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Four Ingredient Pumpkin Bread Recipe

4 Ingredient Pumpkin Bread Ingredients
Pumpkin Bread fresh out of the oven!
Pumpkin Bread fresh out of the oven!

Every week I meal prep for my husband and kids, which includes breakfast items and snacks. Almost every week I make my Easy 3 Ingredient Banana Bread Recipe. I wanted to mix it up a little so I adapted my Easy 3 Ingredient Banana Bread Recipe into a super simple and delicious Four Ingredient Pumpkin Bread Recipe!

My youngest son loves Pumpkin Bread or cake as he calls it. This Four Ingredient Pumpkin Bread Recipe was an instant hit with him and the whole family.

INGREDIENTS:

  • Yellow Cake Mix (I use H-E-B brand because it is $0.76 a box!)
  • 15 oz Can of Pumpkin
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 Tablespoon of Cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix yellow cake mix, pumpkin, eggs, and cinnamon until combined
Eggs, Cinnamon, and Pumpkin in a bowl
Eggs, Cinnamon, and Pumpkin in a bowl
Eggs, cinnamon, pumpkin, and cake mix in the mixing bowl
Eggs, cinnamon, pumpkin, and cake mix in the mixing bowl
All of the ingredients combined in the mixing bowl
All of the ingredients combined in the mixing bowl
  • Grease a 9×5″ loaf pan and add the prepared pumpkin bread batter to the pan. Place the loaf pan into the oven and bake for 55-60 minutes. Insert a toothpick into the center of the cake to check for doneness. If the toothpick comes out clean the cake is done baking!
Batter in the pan and ready for the oven!
Batter in the pan and ready for the oven!

ENJOY!

This cake is great fresh out of the oven; however, I personally like it better the next day because the top gets super moist. Like my banana bread recipe, this pumpkin bread recipe is very versatile. Add chocolate chips to the batter before baking for a special chocolaty treat. Feeling in the mood for a little extra sweetness? Add a cinnamon sugar topping to the bread when it is fresh out of the oven or make a cream cheese drizzle for the top. No matter how you slice it this cake is a winner! This will without a doubt be added to our weekly snack preparation list!

Four ingredient pumpkin bread fresh out of the oven.
Four ingredient pumpkin bread fresh out of the oven.