BIRTHDAY CAKE COOKIES

BIRTHDAY CAKE COOKIES

1 box cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Nuts, chocolate chips, white chips, dried fruit* (optional and you decide what you want to add!)

Mix oil, eggs and cake mix together in a large bowl. Stir in your "add-ins" if desired. Drop tablespoon size mounds onto a greased cookie sheet. You do not have to grease the sheets of they are non- stick. Bake at 350 degrees for ten minutes.

*If you add dried fruit, make sure it's not the REALLY dried fruit but the type that is chewy and still has some moisture in it. Here are some of the variations I have made with great results:

Yellow cake w/chocolate chips or chunks
Chocolate cake w/butterscotch and white choc. chips
Yellow cake w/macadamia nuts and white choc. chips
Choc. cake w/macadamia nuts and white choc. chips
Orange cake w/white frosting (tastes like a creamsicle)
Banana or spice cake w/walnuts and white frosting
German choc. cake w/coconut pecan frosting
Chocolate cake w/toffee bits
Chocolate cake w/chopped cherries
Cinnamon Swirl cake w/white icing (tasted like a cinnamon bun)

I have also made these as a bar cookie when I am really in a hurry. They turned out fine except that next time I would slice them before they cooled completely so they don't crumble quite as much.