Make melt-in-your-mouth soft cookies with this super-simple recipe from The Ultimate Cake Mix Cookie Book

Makes 4 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 (18.25-ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter (not old-fashioned or natural style)
• 1/3 cup whole or lowfat milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix the cake mix, peanut butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl with a wooden spoon until blended.

2. Drop by tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto greased cookie sheets. Place the sugar in a shallow dish. Gently press a crisscross pattern on top of cookies with fork dipped in the sugar.

3. Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until edges are firm and center is just barely set when lightly touched. Cool 3 minutes on sheets, then remove cookies with spatula to wire racks to cool completely. 

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