Ingredients
- 1 (18.25-ounce) box classic yellow cake mix
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) butter, melted
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped and toasted
- 1 cup chopped dates
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Combine cake mix, melted butter, flour, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, and vanilla in large bowl. Beat with a hand mixer for 1 minute, or until well blended. Stir in oats, walnuts and dates. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet, spacing cookies 2 inches apart. Bake for 10 minutes, or until edges begin to brown. Cool cookies on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer cookies to a cooling rack or platter.
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By AdamIrick
on August 23, 2012
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This is an incredibly flexible recipe for desserts for crowds. I put a variety of things in it--nuts, chocolate chips, crushed toffee, whatever is on hand. I prefer to bake it in a jellyroll pan, with the temperature reduced to 350 for 15 minutes, then decreased to 250 until it is done. I use applesauce to replace the oil, which helps with the healthy quotient.
I also have been known to put icing on the top, depending on what is in the cookie itself.
By beckicassity_12...
Morehead, 56
on September 15, 2009
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I just made these cookies, PERFECT! I didn't have a yellow cake mix, so I used a orange mix, sooooo good! Thank YOu
By karamel2003_121...
Florence, NJ
on September 06, 2009
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The cake mix in this cookie leave it soft for days after baking! It is really easy to make oatmeal cookies and have them turn into hard crunchy frisby like disks, but not these. I also use golden raisins and cut the nut portion in half as per my particular tastes. But this is one of my staple Christmas cookies because the cake mixes go on sale and I stock up! Give it a try and you won't regret it!
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