Recipe by Georgia Bishop, Upper Arlington, Ohio
First place, Cookies & Pastries (Cake Box Cookie), 2017
Baking temperature: 350 degrees
Baking time: 10-12 minutes
Yield: 48 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box butter pecan cake mix
- ½ c packed brown sugar
- ¾ c butter, softened
- ½ c crunchy peanut butter
- 2 T vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 c quick cooking oats
- ½ c M&M’s milk chocolate candies
- ½ c vanilla chips
- 1 c English toffee pieces
- 1 c Butterfinger pieces
- 1 can prepared vanilla icing
- ½ c smooth peanut butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl beat cake mix, brown sugar, butter, peanut butter, vanilla and egg with electric mixer until well combined
- Stir in oats until combined
- Stir in M&M’s, vanilla chips, English toffee pieces and Butterfinger pieces. Mix well
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are just golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet for 10 minutes
- Remove from pan
- Mix frosting and peanut butter and spread on cookies