Cake Mix Cookies-Butter Pecan With Coconut

A week ago I'd made chocolate chip cake mix cookies and my family loved them. Since then my husband had been asking for white cake cookies as white birthday cake is his favorite. The only other cake mix I had on hand was butter pecan so I thought I'd give that one a try. I changed the recipe slightly as to the oil I used, and ended up with a few extra cookies in the process.

Butter Pecan Coconut Cake Mix/Box Cookies

Cook Time
Prep Time: 10 minutes 
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ready in:    20 minutes
Yield: 28 cookies

Ingredients 

• 1 box of Betty Crocker Butter Pecan flavored cake mix
• 1/2  of a cup of butter or margarine 
• 2 Tbs. of canola or vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 of a cup of sweetened shredded coconut

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit placing the oven rack in the middle of the oven.
2. Line a baking or cookie sheet with parchment paper.
3. Add the contents from the box of the butter pecan cake mix to a medium size mixing bowl.
4. Next add in the butter, canola oil, one large egg, and the coconut.
5. With an electric beater on the low setting, beat all the ingredients until well mixed.   
6. Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again to make sure there are no wet ingredients left. The cookie dough will be very thick.
7. With a teaspoon scoop out the batter and gently roll in the palm of your hand to form a ball. Place the ball onto the cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Gently push down on the cookie dough ball.
8. Continue to do this until all the dough is used.
9. At this point you can decorate the cookies with sprinkles, or as I did using 1/2 of a maraschino cherry for some of the cookies. If you do use the maraschino cherries make sure to drain them really well before using them.
10. Bake for nine minutes and ten turn the oven off leaving the cookies in the oven for another 1-2 minutes.
11. Remove from the oven and transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool.
12. If you are going to use these cookies for a dessert hide them.
13. ENJOY!

Ready to go into the oven

Cookies are ready to cool

Thank you for stopping by. Please do come back and let me know if you made these and if you liked them.

Easiest Oven Roasted Potatoes

Usually whenever I make chicken breasts for some reason I always serve rice as a side dish. Last night I wanted potatoes. But not boiled or microwaved potatoes, and not baked. I knew I had fries in the freezer but I wanted something I could cook in the oven at the same time as the chicken.

Then a light went off in my head and I remembered my cousin making roasted potatoes in a dish in the oven. She would always making them with a ranch type dressing. Of course I had to be different .... anyways to get to the point here's the recipe.

Ingredients

4-5 medium size potatoes of your choice. I used Yukon Gold.
4 tbs of extra virgin olive oil
garlic powder
Greek seasoning
Slap Ya Mama Cajun pepper seasoning
Cooking Spray

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Wash the potatoes and cut into chunks. I leave the peel on the potatoes whenever possible as there are many nutrients in the peel. If you'd like to read more about these nutrients I have an article about all the benefits called Potatoes And Potato Peels Antitoxins Health Benefits

Spray an oven safe dish with cooking spray and set aside.

Add the potato chunks into a bowl or a plastic bag. Add olive oil and mix with the potatoes making sure that they are well coated.

Place the potatoes into the oven safe dish and season generously with garlic powder, and Greek seasoning.

Place in the oven for 40-45 minutes. Check occasionally and give the potatoes a stir in the dish.

Remove from the oven and sprinkle with either Slap Ya Mama Cajun pepper seasoning or salt.

ENJOY!



You can get creative with your spices for this dish. Perhaps add thick slices of onions with chopped garlic to the mix. During the last fifteen minutes of cooking time toss in some green peppers.