"Cake mix has many creative uses besides its intended dessert, from pie crusts to waffles. If you can't decide between cake or cookies, why not have a bit of both by transforming your cake mix into cookies with the help of cream cheese. Cake mix provides the dry ingredients and a base of sugar and flavors that takes the work out of making cookies from scratch."
"While a typical cake mix requires three eggs, half a cup of oil, and a cup of water to transform into a thin batter, cookie dough requires vastly different ratios. Swapping the water for an 8-ounce block of cream cheese helps thicken the cake mix into the consistency of cookie dough, but you should also swap the oil for butter. Since cookies don't need to rise like a cake, you only need one egg for cake mix cream cheese cookies."
Boxed cake mix can be converted into cookie dough by altering the liquid and fat ratios, using cream cheese and butter instead of water and oil. An eight-ounce block of cream cheese replaces water to thicken the mix, and butter replaces oil; only one egg is needed because cookies do not require cake-like rising. Creaming room-temperature butter and cream cheese before adding the egg produces a fluffy wet mixture that improves texture. Gradually adding the cake mix yields a thick dough that benefits from a 30-minute chill to firm up and develop flavor. The resulting cookies are soft with crispy golden edges and a tangy, rich dairy note.
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