Cake Mix Cookies: More Than 175 Delectable Cookie Recipes That Begin With a Box of Cake Mix [Paperback]

Camilla V. Saulsbury (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2005

*Fall 2011 Update: The 2nd Edition of Cake Mix Cookies is Out and Available on Amazon!*

The Ultimate Cake Mix Cookie Book: More Than 375 Delectable Cookie Recipes That Begin with a Box of Cake Mix

More than 200 of the recipes are brand new!!!

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Imagine a kitchen warm with the smells of sweet vanilla, fragrant cinnamon, and fresh butter. On the kitchen counter is a cooling rack piled high with fresh-from-the-oven delights filled with chocolate chips and crunchy pecans. Ah, the age-old comfort of cookies.

Next imagine that each of the yummy treats began with a convenient box of cake mix. That's right, a standard 18.25-ounce box of cake mix is the secret to some of the tastiest, simplest, and most irresistible cookies imaginable. With a few extra ingredients, turns of a spoon, and whirrs of a mixer, cake mix can make anyone a prize cookie baker.

Like Cookie Dough Delights and Brownie Mix Bliss Cake Mix Cookies is the first Cookbook of its kind. Cake Mix Cookies is filled with an array of more than 175 drop, shaped, filled, and bar cookie options for every occasion. Numerous all-American favorites are used as starting points:

    *Chocolate chip
    *Oatmeal raisin
    *Jam thumbprints
    *Dark chocolate brownies

There are new takes on classic European cookies:

    *Crunchy Italian biscotti
    *Tender French madeleines
    *Rich Viennese teacakes

And a healthy dose of new cookies created for this book:

    *Blackberry-lemon buttermilk bars
    *Triple chocolate chess squares
    *Chocolate blackout

Cake Mix Cookies contains the broadest range of new recipes for cookies and bars that is unavailable elsewhere. And while it capitalizes on the popularity of baking with cake mixes, it has its own unique niche on the home cook's shelf.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Cake Mix Cookies includes all of the following cookies, and more:

DROP COOKIES Blue Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies Ginger Chocolate Chippers Tart Cherry Milk Chocolate Chippers Chocolate Mint Chocolate Chippers Mocha Chocolate Chippers Toffee Chocolate Chippers Big Fat Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Cranberry-Orange Oatmeal Cookie Tropical Oatmeal Cookies Premium White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies Coffee & White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies Lemony White Chocoalte Cookies Bittersweet Chocolate Blackout Cookies Black & White Blackout Cookies Apple-Cranberry Harvest Cookies Gingerbread Softies Toasted Almond Cookies Praline Cookies Pina Colada Cookies Neopolitan Cookies Peanut Butter Cookies Walnut-Date Cookies Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunkers "I Love Lime" White Chocolate Cookies Rum Raisin Cookies Brandied Apricot Cookies Fresh Pear Cookies with Browned Butter Icing Fresh Cranberry Cookies Fresh Apple Cookies Cranberry Cornmeal Cookies Granola Chocolate Chunkers Iced Maple Pecan Cookies Caramel Loaded Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Cookies Pine Nut Cookies Pineapple Softies Chai Spice Cookies Ricotta Cookies Eggnog Cookies Brandied Fruitcake Jumbles Orange Dreamsicle Cookies Butterscotch Pecan Cookies Carrot Cake Jumbles with Cream Cheese Frosting Lemon Poppyseed Cookies Mandarin Orange Cookies Kahlua Cookies Orange Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Drops Apricot Chews Black Forest Oatmeal Cookies Cashew Brickle Cookies Dried Apple Cider Cookies Mint Julep Cookies Bananarama Softies Pumpkin Spice Softies Texas-Sized Red Velvet Softies with Cream Cheese Frosting Coconut, Cashew & White Chocolate Chewies Lemon-Ginger Cream Cheese Softies Jumbo Jumble Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Caramel Apple Cookies Cinnamon Chip Chews Ranger Cookies Old-Fashioned Hermits Applesauce Cookies Ginger-Jeweled Butter Cookies

BAR COOKIES Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars Best Butterscotch Bars Rocky Road Bars Cherry Pie Bars Chocolate Caramel Peanut Butter Bars Cranberry Caramel Bars Dark Chocolate Bars with White Chocolate Raspberry Filling Caramel Mallow Butterscotch Bars Chocolate Truffle Crumb Bars Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Bars Sacher Torte Bars Magic Cookie Bars Maui Wowie Magic Bars Salty-Sweet Peanut Chewy Bars Buttery Gooey Chess Squares Cookies & Cream Gooey Chess Squares Pumpkin Gooey Chess Squares Pineapple Gooey Chess Squares Banana Bliss Gooey Chess Squares Peanut Butter-Chocolate Gooey Chess Squares Lemon Blueberry Gooey Chess Squares Fresh Cranberry Orange Chess Squares Triple Chocolate Gooey Chess Squares Banana Monkey Bars Tennessee Jam Cake Streusel Bars Viennese Almond Teacakes Double Chocolate Brownies Espresso Ganache Brownies White Chocolate Candy Cane Brownies S’mores Brownies Chocolate Caramel Brownies Snickery-Good Brownies Peanut-Butterscotch Layered Brownies Carrot Cake Bars Baklava Bars Pecan Pie Bars Fresh Blackberry-Lemon Crumb Bars Chocolate Cheesecake Bars Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Bars White Chocolate Lemon Cheesecake Bars White Chocolate Latte Cheesecake Bars Irish Cream Milk Chocolate Cheesecake Bars Tiramisu Bars Mandarin Orange Cheesecake Bars Ginger Lime Cheesecake Bars German Chocolate Bars Lemon Macaroon Bars Vanilla Macaroon Bars Premier Cranberry Cream Cheese Bars Peanut Brittle Bars Spiced Apple Butter Bars with Apple Butter-Cream Cheese Frosting Lemon Buttermilk Bars Deep Dark Chocolate Sour Cream Bars Peanut Butter Fudge Bars Double Peanut Butter Fudge Bars Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Bars Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge Bars Pumpkin Pie Bars Deluxe Chocolate Caramel Candy Bars Key Lime Bars Creamy Lemon Bars Orange Burst Bars Spicy Chocolate Aztec Bars Butter Rum Bars with Coconut & Macadamia Nuts Chocolate Revel Crumble Bars Spiced & Iced Pumpkin Snack Bars Apple-Cranberry Snack Bars Black Bottom Banana Cheesecake Bars Carmelitas Mother Lode Chocolate Toffee Caramel Bars Cinnamon Raisin Walnut Bars Coconut Pecan Chocolate Fudge Bars Tri-Level Mocha Cheesecake Bars Raspberry Swirl Sour Cream Bars Peppermint White Chocolate Cheesecake Bars New York Cheesecake Bars Brown Sugar-Milk Chocolate Meringue Bars Dark Chocolate-Raspberry Meringue Bars Date Bars Deluxe Lemon Curd Swirl Cheesecake Bars Toffee Cream Cheese Streusel Bars Caramel Rocky Road Bars Fresh Cranberry-Caramel Streusel Bars Butterscotch Blondies Apple Blondies with Caramel Icing White Chocolate Blondies Peanut Butter Blondies Irish Cream Swirled Bars Chocolate Whiskey Swirl Bars Peanut Butter Cup Caramel Bars Chocolate Covered Pretzel Bars Toasted Almond Buttermilk Bars Rosemary-Walnut Shortbread Squares Orange-Almond Shortbread Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread Blueberry Sour Cream Kuchen Bars Double Berry Streusel Bars Caramel Apple Streusel Bars Peachy Keen Streusel Bars

SHAPED AND FILLED COOKIES "Have it Your Way" Cake Mix Cookies Lemon-Lime Sugar Cookies Lemon-Thyme Sugar Cookies Orange Sugar Cookies Vanilla Sugar Cookies Pecan Sandies Almond Sandies Peanut Brittle Sandies Marbled Chocolate & Vanilla Lemon Macadamia Marble Cookies Snickery Hidden Treasure Cookies Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Strawberry Cream Cheese Thumbprints Pineapple Coconut Thumbprints Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprints Old Fashioned Blackberry Thumbprints Nutty Thumbprints Gloreo Cookies Lollipop Cookies Pumpkin Whoopies with Cinnamon Fluff Filling Devil’s Food Whoopies with Cocoa Fluff Filling Peanut Butter Chocolate Kiss Thumbprints Peppery Pecan-Chocolate Crackles Vanilla Dream Cookies Super Butterscotch Cookies Triple Chocolate Bliss Cookies Peanut Butter Bliss Cookies Coconut Macaroons Chocolate Chip Macaroons Snow-Capped Chocolate Crinkles Gingersnap Crinkles Butterscotch Crispy Cookies Maple Sugar Cookies Chocolate-Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies Molasses Spice Cookies Sesame Honey Crinkles Mocha Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies German Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies Pastel Mint Meltaways Dulce de Leche Crisps Caramel Pecan Turtle Cookies Snickerdoodles Classic Madeleines Florida Citrus Madeleines Mint Chocolate Chip Madeleines Chunky Chocolate Walnut Biscotti Orange Poppyseed Biscotti Pistachio-Lemon Biscotti Apricot Almond Biscotti Café Brulot Biscotti Bahamas Biscotti Nutty Coffee Toffee Biscotti White Chocolate Dried Cranberry Biscotti Ginger Lover’s Biscotti Buttery Cut-Out Cookies Gingerbread People Moravian Lemon Cookies Slice & Bake Coconut Cookies Cinnamon Slices Santa’s Whiskers Cookies Orange & Honey Cutouts

From the Author

Be sure to check out my expanded, 2nd edition of Cake Mix Cookies here on Amazon (released fall 2011)

The Ultimate Cake Mix Cookie Book: More than 375 Delectable Cookie Recipes That Begin with a Box of Cake Mix
*More than 375 recipes, 200 of which are all new!
*All of the recipes are easier and more delicious than ever!
*In addition to drop cookies, bar cookies, shaped cookies (e.g., biscotti, rolled cookies, cut-out cookies, madeleines), the new volume includes 18 whoopie pie recipes and 18 cake ball/pop recipes.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing (October 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581824750
• ISBN-13: 978-1581824759
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #95 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Cookies

More About the Author

Camilla Saulsbury is a freelance food writer, recipe developer and cooking instructor. Her culinary focus is translating food and flavor trends into fresh, innovative, and delicious recipes for the home kitchen.

Camilla has been involved in the world of food for more than 16 years, including catering specialty desserts in the San Francisco Bay Area, writing cookbooks and freelance food articles, and developing recipes for national food companies. Further, she has won several of the country's top cooking competitions, including the $100,000 National Chicken Cook-Off, the $50,000 Build a Better Burger Contest, and the Food Network's $25,000 Ultimate Recipe Showdown (Cookies Episode).

Camilla's interest in food is also academic. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Indiana University with a specialization in food studies, and her doctoral dissertation was a multi-faceted study of the contemporary meanings of home cooking in American culture. Following completion of her Ph.D., Camilla made food writing, food research, and recipe development her primary occupations.

Camilla is the author of ten cookbooks, published by Sourcebooks and Turner Publishing. She is the brand ambassador for Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry and has served as a spokesperson and recipe developer for Pillsbury® Brownie Mixes and Cake Mixes. She is also the featured cooking expert for the online magazine GALTime.


Camilla has made multiple appearances on the Food Network, has been featured in the New York Times, made appearances on Today, Good Morning America-Health, BetterTV and QVC, and is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). Her work has appeared in such magazines as Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Cooking Light, Woman's Day, Woman's World, Cosmo Girl, Quick & Simple, Country Woman, Sunset, Cook's Country, and Vegetarian Times.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid collection, November 22, 2005

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Ellen Westing (near Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cake Mix Cookies: More Than 175 Delectable Cookie Recipes That Begin With a Box of Cake Mix (Paperback)

I suppose you could call me the cowardly baker, because, though I love to cook, I often take shortcuts with baking. I've made quite a few cake mix cookies over the years, and it's much like the doctored cake mix cakes--the basic ones may taste like a cake mix, but the well-doctored ones don't.

This collection has an inspiring number of flavor combinations and cookie varieties. I was hopeful when I ordered it that it would live up to the promise of containing many options different from the cake mix cookie recipes that are already out there. Well, it does, and then some. The Viennese tea cakes are simply delicious, and so easy--a can of almond filling is the secret ingredient. They took about 3 minutes to whip up. I took the plunge and made the classic madeleines, too--a bit of a stretch for me since I had to whip some egg whites, but that was the only fussy part and they turned out buttery, golden and delicious.

This has fast become a favorite on my cookbook shelf.

44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The bars are stars, November 13, 2005

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Maya K. (St. Paul, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cake Mix Cookies: More Than 175 Delectable Cookie Recipes That Begin With a Box of Cake Mix (Paperback)

I and three other women made the desserts for a community Thanksgiving fundraising supper this weekend and made multiple bars from this book including the pumpkin gooey chess squares, pumpkin pie bars, triple chocolate gooey bars, pecan pie bars, premier cranberry cream cheese bars and the blackberry-lemon crumb bars. The recipe directions were excellent, the results were perfect, and people were beside themselves trying to get second and third helpings (we thought we had made too much but we in fact ran out).

Really a useful book and I was delighted by the wide range of recipes. The bars are definitely stars but I'm looking forward to trying some of the biscotti, madeleine and thumbprint cookies, too.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT resource--love it, March 30, 2006

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Fiona Gould - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cake Mix Cookies: More Than 175 Delectable Cookie Recipes That Begin With a Box of Cake Mix (Paperback)

What a great book. I have made a slew of recipes already, from all the different chapters in the book. Simple, clear & easy-to-follow instructions, super results. Some really surprising, sophisticated flavor combinations, not the run-of-the-mill cake mix cookies, although there are lots of great "basic" ideas, too, that have been hits with my kids. The key lime bars are sublime.