I was on the phone with my sister last week and she was baking cookies for a local bake sale. She told me she had six dozen cookies to make. I asked her how she had enough time to make all those cookies. She told me she had a secret recipe that is only three ingredients, and the cookies bake for only 8 minutes, so it didn’t take much time at all. The best thing about these cookies is that you only have to change one ingredient and you can have a variety of different cookies. I was a bit skeptical when she gave me the recipe about how these cookies would turn out. To my surprise, and my kids and husband’s delight, they were great!

Three Ingredient Cookies

1 cake mix (we love chocolate or lemon)

1 egg

1/3 to 1/2 cup oil

Beat all the ingredients in a bowl just until mixed together. Don’t beat the mixture for 2 minutes like you would for a cake. Spoon the dough onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. My husband, who is a fan of Lofthouse cookies, absolutely loves these cookies because they are soft and sweet. You can frost them if you like, but these cookies are great without it too.

Joy Larson is a mother of four boys, graduate of The University of Montana, animal lover and writer.

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