Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies

Make homemade cookies the new-fashioned way! Cake mix gives you a quick start. ...MORE + LESS -

1 box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ golden cake mix

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 tablespoons water

1 cup creamy peanut butter

1/4 cup shortening or vegetable oil

2 eggs

Granulated sugar

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Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pans). In large bowl, beat cake mix, brown sugar, water, peanut butter, shortening and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
2

Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar and, on ungreased cookie sheet, place 2 inches apart. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in sugar.
3

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Store covered.

Spread 1 to 2 teaspoons chocolate frosting between bottoms of two cookies and press lightly for Chocolate-Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies.
Special Touch Give a new look to peanut butter cookies by pressing the bottom of a cut-crystal glass, metal meat tenderizer, potato masher or cookie stamp onto cookies before baking. Whichever one you use, be sure to dip it in sugar each time you press a cookie.