This delicious cookie recipe from Camilla Saulsbury’s The Ultimate Cake Mix Cookie Book starts with a box of white cake mix and ends in a hearty treat

Makes 5 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 1 (18.25-ounce) package white cake mix
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups granola
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks or chips
• 3/4 cup dried fruit (e.g., raisins, dried cranberries, chopped dried apricots)

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place the cake mix, oil, brown sugar, and eggs in a large bowl. Blend with electric mixer set on low speed for 1 minute until blended. Mix in the granola, chocolate chunks, and dried fruit with a wooden spoon.

2. Drop by tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until edges are firm and center is just barely set when lightly touched. Cool 1 minute on sheets, then remove cookies with spatula to wire racks to cool completely.

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