By Sarah Brookbank

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When you walk through the grocery store and pass the bakery, it’s hard to miss the soft baked frosting covered cookies that taste like childhood.

But on a college budget buying an $8 box of cookies might not be easy on the wallet.

These easy cookies are made with cake mix, but have the texture and taste of a store bought sugar cookie.

Softest Cake Cookies

1 box of white cake mix

1/3 cup of vegetable oil

2 eggs

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray it with a non-stick cooking spray.

Bake for 8-12 minutes depending on size.

These cookies allow for variation of flavors, you can swap out cake mixes and toppings and keep the softness of  the cake cookies.

For Snicker Doodles

Yellow Cake Mix

1/2 cup sugar

3 tbs cinnamon

Mix cookie dough

Mix cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl

Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and dip the tops in sugar mixture

Bake

Birthday Cookies

Funfetti mix

Frosting

Mix cookie dough

Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and flatten

Bake

Let the cookies cool and spread frosting and add sprinkles

Chocolat-y Chip

Chocolate cake mix

Baking chips of your choice (Chocolate Chip, Peanut butter chips or mint chips)

Mix cookie dough

Fold in baking chips

Bake

Red Velvet Cookie Sandwich

Red Velvet Cake Mix

Cream cheese frosting

Mix cookie dough

Roll the cookies into balls then flatten

Bake

Once cool, spread cream cheese frosting on the bottom of one cookies and top with  another.