If you need a cookie recipe that comes together in five minutes, this recipe for Maple Krispy Cookies is perfect!
I love to highlight cake mix recipes every so often for a couple reasons. First of all, doctored cake mix can produce really tasty desserts. Second, it’s an ingredient that is cheap and accessible to people on a tight budget.
Third, it can be used as a fantastic shortcut in recipes like this, where everything comes together in a matter of minutes.
I used a French Vanilla Betty Crocker box for these, but any kind of white or vanilla mix should do. You want a good base to infuse with maple flavor.
My husband described these cookies as “maple krispies in cookie form.” (I do have a maple krispies recipe. It’s also included in my Sweet Maple cookbook.)
These cookies end up with a lovely, fresh maple flavor which does a good job of masking the undeniably chemical taste of cake mix. Plus, the cereal pieces give each cookie a lovely, light crunchiness.
Bready or Not: Maple Krispy Cookies [uses cake mix]
Ingredients
- 18 white cake mix or vanilla
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons maple flavor
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup puffed rice cereal like Rice Krispies
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350-degrees.
- In a large bowl, stir together the cake mix, butter, egg, maple flavor, and vanilla extract. When those are just combined, carefully stir in the cereal, trying not to crush it.
- Use a teaspoon scoop or spoon to dole out dough onto a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes; also to set on sheet for about 10 minutes, then move cookies to a rack to finish cooling. Store in a sealed container.
- OM NOM NOM!
