Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe was pinned to Recipes Jenn Should Try by Jennifer H. Thank you for your suggestion!  

 

The ingredient list:

• 1 and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 and 1/4 cup yellow or white boxed cake mix (I used funfetti cake mix)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 egg, at room temperature
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup chocolate chips (I used a blend of white and semi-sweet chocolate chips) (me too!)
• 1/2 cup sprinkles

The instructions were pretty much like any other chocolate chip cookie:
 
In a large bowl, sift together flour, cake mix, and baking soda.  Set aside.  In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and sugars on medium speed.  Mix in the egg and vanilla until creamy.
Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.  Do not OVERMIX the dough. Fold in the chocolate chips and sprinkles.

Here's my dough:
 

Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour, or up to 4 days.  This step is mandatory. The dough is fairly sticky, so chilling the dough is required in order to avoid the cookie from spreading too much.

I refrigerated my dough for a day before baking it.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scoop rounded tablespoons of the cold dough onto an ungreased baking sheet.  Shape your cookie dough balls to be “taller” than they are wide.  Make sure to keep dough chilled when working in batches.

I LOVE this idea!  Literally changed the way I bake cookies!

Bake for 10-12 minutes until edges are slightly browned.  (Mine took 10 minutes exactly). The centers will still appear very soft, but the cookies will set as they cool.  Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 4 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Mine took 11 minutes to cook.

And...

They were amazing! The cookies were soft, chewy and delicious!  They taste like cake batter and are better than any chocolate chip cookie or cake I've ever had.  Seriously!  I'm definitely not using the Nestle chocolate chip cookie recipe anymore.

 
P.S. The blog this recipe came from, Sally's Baking Addiction , is awesome!  I definitely recommend checking it out if you like baking.  She has some really great recipes and baking tips :) 

Bottom Line: LOVED IT!