Cool Whip Cookies

I found the recipe for these cookies on the side panel of a Lemon Cake Mix last year. They seemed so easy I just had to make them. Well, I used the lemon cake mix and the cookies were unbelievable. Everyone raved about them. I'm not sure which were my favorite: the cool whip cookies or my old fashioned Coconut Macaroons (see the recipe in my first post). Well, I decided to make the cool whip cookies a couple days ago. To my dismay, I couldn't find the lemon cake mix I thought I'd purchased. I REALLY wanted to make these and include them in my cookie gift bags and boxes, but all I had was French Vanilla and Pineapple cake mix. Which one do you think I used? Well -- pineapple of course!! Who do you know that makes Pineapple Cookies? I've never seen them anywhere...

Well, my friends...the pineapple cookies came out great! So I learned that you can use ANY FLAVOR of cake mix for these Cool Whip Cookies although I think a fruit flavor (lemon, strawberry, pineapple) or chocolate would work best. I'm going to try a spice cake next. Or how about a white/yellow cake mix with extract flavors added? OOOOhh, maybe a boxed carrot cake?

In any case, the cookies come out light, moist, sweet and pretty. They are a little bit sticky though so keep this in mind when packing them up as gifts. Also, I recommend that you keep them small.

COOL WHIP COOKIES

1-8oz container of frozen whipped topping

2 eggs

1 pkg of cake mix

2/3 cup confectioner's powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350*. Lightly grease baking sheets (or use non-stick spray). Beat the whipped topping and eggs together. Add the cake mix and blend well. The "dough" will be thick and sticky. Drop by teaspoonfuls (only 2 or 3 at a time) into a bowl with the powdered sugar and roll them around to fully coat. Put the sugar-covered balls on the baking sheets 2" apart. Bake for about 8 minutes. Makes about 3 or 4 dozen cookies, depending on size.

These cookies are soft, light, airy and sweet. As the cookie expands in the oven the powdered sugar gets separated giving them a pretty, lacy appearance. ENJOY!!

Peace...and I'm outta' here.