Trader Joe's provides a variety of boxed mixes, including the Kitchen Sink Cookie Mix, which promises a delicious blend of diverse ingredients. However, after evaluating this mix, it is deemed less favorable due to its complicated preparation, requiring an unusual method of creaming butter and egg, resulting in a dry and hard-to-shape dough. The cookies did not turn out attractive, leading to disappointment among testers. Despite some success shared by bakers on social media who adjusted the recipe, the overall experience was marked as frustrating and not worth repeat attempts.
We had high hopes for the Kitchen Sink cookies. The limited-time offering promised a flavorful cookie batter chock-ful of nuts, caramel, pretzel pieces, chocolate, oats, coconut flakes, and sea salt... but our excitement came to a screeching halt shortly after reading the packaging.
We noticed right away that the mix called for creaming a stick of butter with egg, which is usually unnecessary for boxed mixes that often rely on melted butter.
The overall experience of baking proved harder than necessary and the cookies came out looking less than attractive. In short, this is one we'll stay away from if it's offered again.
One commenter on Reddit mixed a box of the mix with two eggs, butter, vanilla extract, and a little bit of salt. What resulted is a dough that's stickier... but bakes the cookies perfectly.
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