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Article: Cake-mix-based cookies are easy to make, and can be a godsend.
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- Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Byline: Cathy Thomas
When the book hit my desk a couple of weeks ago, I felt like I had reconnected with a long-lost friend.
"Cake Mix Cookies" by Camilla V. Saulsbury (Cumberland House, $16.95) touts the ease and delectability of cookies that begin with a box of cake mix. When I saw it, I couldn't help thinking of the cake-mix cookie that caused such a stir more than 10 years ago when I featured it in a column.
It was a drop-cookie recipe that was dubbed "chips off the old box." The mix was devilishly simple: devil's food cake mix combined with chocolate chips, oil and eggs. The formula produced a confection that was rich in chocolate with an ...