Milk & Cookies

Devils Food was actually sent from heaven.

Devil’s Food is one of my favorite desserts of all time. Right up there with cheesecake, blueberries, and dark chocolate. Zoe stumbled upon the following recipe on the internet and it was so simple and easy, I knew that I was going to have to try them sooner or later. Well, sooner won.

We have both been so busy with work/school that it has been getting difficult to maintain the motivation to keep making cookies every week. Recipes like this one are perfect because they don’t require a big time commitment, or a bunch of ingredients, so really there is no excuse not to make them. Yes, I am talking to you…. go make them!

The results of this week’s baking experiment are below:

INGREDIENTS (makes 25-30 cookies)

• 1 box devils food cake mix (18.25 oz.)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• …thats it?
• yep. crazy simple!

DIRECTIONS

Preheat your oven to 375°F and prepare a baking tray with parchment paper.

Mix (by hand) the cake mix, eggs, and oil together in a large mixing bowl. Whew, these cookies are so complicated! There you go, stick that dough in the fridge for 15-30 minutes while your oven heats up.

Put the powdered sugar in a small bowl. Now start scooping the dough into ~1″ diameter balls. I prefer my cookies a little larger so don’t worry about them being a bit big. The larger dough balls will actually crack better during the cooking. Take each ball and roll it around in the powdered sugar. Try to get them as coated with sugar as you can. Place them a couple of inches apart on the baking tray. I was able to get 15 cookies on one tray, but they were just starting to touch, so maybe 12 is better.

Bake the cookies for 8 minutes. If you overcook them they will be a bit dry (like the edges of brownies) which some people seem to prefer, but not me. Let them cool for a minute before moving them to your serving plate. These cookies are so fast and easy that I think you should serve them right away. If you want some more later, just make some more then!

Seriously, don’t forget the milk with these bad boys. They go together like…. well, like milk and cookies, but you know, like, to the extreme!