Cake-mix-cookies rise in popularity

Dear Heloise: Would you please give me the recipe for making cookies from a cake mix? Lorraine, via e-mail

What a popular recipe this is! We receive thousands of requests for it, so a reprint is in order. To make it, you’ll need: 1 (18.25-ounce) box cake mix; 2 eggs; and 1‚Ñ2 cup vegetable oil.

Choose your favorite flavor — I like chocolate, and the lemon mix makes tasty lemon cookies.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix only the above ingredients (although you can add 1‚Ñ4 cup chopped nuts, raisins or chocolate chips) in a large bowl until blended. Drop the batter by spoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake on the middle rack for 8-10 minutes, watching them carefully. They’ll brown quickly, so stand by the oven for the first batch.

You can find this and a bunch of other cheap and easy-to-make recipes, such as Heloise’s Non-Fat Cream Soup, Hot Potato Salad and Taco Casserole, in my All-Time Favorite Recipes pamphlet, which you can have by sending $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (59 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Recipes, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. FYI: You can cut calories and fat by cooking with nonfat powdered milk instead of whole milk in many recipes. Heloise

Dear Heloise: When I am going to the grocery store on a meat-buying expedition, I take along my recipe book. If I buy a cut of meat I wasn’t intending to, I won’t arrive home without one of the ingredients needed for that particular recipe. Also, my grocery list is clipped to the top of the cart with a clothespin, leaving both my hands free. Patricia Impens, Bonita Springs, Fla.

Dear Heloise: We use our pizza baking stone for takeout pizza. When we order the pizza, I put the stone in the oven at 400 degrees. When the pizza arrives, I take the hot stone out of the oven and put it on a hot pad on the counter. Then we slide the pizza out of its cardboard box and onto the hot stone. The pizza stays warm, and the crust stays crisp. Cadi Fuhler, San Antonio

Dear Heloise: Every time I go shopping, I take along my “bag.” This is a gallon resealable plastic bag in which I place my shopping list, pen and coupons. I seal it shut, place it in my purse, and everything is right in place for my shopping trip. D.L., Iowa

SBlt Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it to (210) HELOISE or e-mail it to Heloise@Heloise.com.

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