Easy cookies

Need a quick treat to run over to a neighbor? Have kids whining- I mean asking for a treat? No worries, I have a super quick recipe for you.

Cake Cookies:

1 cake mix

2 eggs

1/4 c shortening

1 T water

1/2 package chocolate (or other) chips

Mix all ingredients together- this dough is stiff! Stir in chips. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Done!

There are so many varieties you can make. Double chocolate- choc. cake and choc. chips. Peanut butter chips with choc. cake, lemon cake with white choc. chips, choc. cake and white choc. chips. And with the holidays coming you can use mint chips for a little minty flavor! I just took some sprinkles and pressed them in the top before baking the cookies so they would have a little extra color.

Wrap them up and send them on their way!

And while we're talking making cookies from cake mixes- I have one more quick recipe. Take a spice cake mix and a small can of pumpkin. Mix them together and add choc. chips. Ta-Da! Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! Bake at 350 8-10 min. Delicious!

Now go get baking.

More Ideas

Yesterday I said I would have more ways to use the tutorial I shared on Ucreate. Well, first up are the rest of the place mats I made. I used different fabrics for each one, and different flowers as well. I love the ecclectic look of all the varieties. I have tutorials for the white flower and the five petal flower. The gold rosette is a strip of fabric, gathered on one end and rolled up (like the white flower, only with a thinner piece of fabric so it lays flat). The rolled flower has tutorials everywhere, but there is a good one by Jen, here. The red felt flower is made using a tutorial from the DIY Dish found here.



I am hosting a brunch next week and wanted to do a dry run of the table. I'm not sure this is what I'll be doing for sure, but at least I have a good idea of what the place mats look like.
I have to admit, I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. And I love the little pops of turquoise in with all the fall colors.

After I showed my daughter these place mats, she said she wanted a pillow like them. Since we're doing her room for her birthday, I obliged. This pillow is made using turquoise velvet and dark brown felt. I used the DIY pattern again for the flowers. To make all three, I simply cut out each size on the template twice.

I am loving how this blue and brown looks on these red chairs my dad built for us. I might have to make some pillows to keep out there permanently!

I have a couple more ideas using this technique (why not run it into the ground while I'm at it? ;P) and I'll be sure to share them when I'm done.

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm a GUEST!!

Yes, you read that right I was invited by the wonderful Kari of Ucreate to guest post over there today. I cried and sweat over what I should share, and by a complete fluke came up with these Burlap Fall Place Mats!

Head on over and see for yourself!

And if you're visiting from Ucreate, Welcome! I'm so glad to have you. I hope you'll look around and stay a while.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow and see all the other place mats and different projects I have created using this technique.