Smart Cookies: “Lucy” Cookies

At the beginning of each month, I will be giving a little love by sharing a cookie recipe with the readers of Home Everyday. The recipe will also be shared with the organization Smart Cookies.

 

This organization is a group of volunteer bakers that bake cookies and send them in care packages to college students. To read more about Smart Cookies, check out my post from last month. To volunteer or learn more about Smart Cookies, check out this link.

 

My sister-in-law, Lucy, is an amazing baker. When it comes time for Sunday dinner, I usually ask her to bring dessert as there has never been a dessert that Lucy made that I didn’t like. I’m telling you, this woman has a gift. A few years ago, she shared a cookie recipe with us from her Betty Crocker cookbook. The cookies in our family have come to be known as Lucy Cookies, and they are a staple at family gatherings and holidays. They are almost like a brownie and cookie at the same time.

The recipe is listed below, but for Halloween, instead of rolling the cookies in granulated sugar, I thought it might be fun to roll them in orange granulated sugar. FAIL. The sugar was was orange after adding the food coloring.

 

However, once the cookies were baked, you cannot even tell the sugar is orange. No matter, they still taste delicious, and look pretty. (If want to make the sugar orange, I used 2 drops of red food coloring and 1 drop of yellow. Maybe it will work better in your kitchen than in mine).

 

Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Crinkles (LUCY COOKIES)

1 box Betty Crocker Devil’s Food Cake Mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips (regular or mini)
1/4 cup granulated sugar for rolling

 

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, mix together cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, and chocolate chips until a dough is formed. Refrigerate the dough for 20-30 minutes.

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Remove cookie dough from the refrigerator. Shape dough into one inch balls, and roll the balls in the 1/4 cup of granulated sugar until coated. Place on parchment lined cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

 

Bake for 9 to 11 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet to cool.

 

They are amazing warm with milk.
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