Easy Oatmeal Cookies

MAKES: 42 (3 1/2 dozen)

COOK TIME: 12 Min

Take one of our simplest oatmeal cookie recipes, and curl up for a comforting snack. Our Easy Oatmeal cookies go great with milk so make a bunch and enjoy!

What You'll Need

1 (18.25-ounce) package yellow cake mix
2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats
1 cup sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

What to Do

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, combine cake mix, oats, and sugar. In a separate bowl, combine oil and eggs; add to dry ingredients, stirring well. Stir in pecans and vanilla. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Let cool on pans 2 minutes then carefully remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Notes

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Nutritional InformationShow More

Servings Per Recipe: 42

Amount Per Serving % Daily Value *
Calories 180
Calories from Fat 85
Total Fat 9.4g 14 %
Saturated Fat 1.3g 6 %
Trans Fat 0.0g 0 %
Protein 2.5g 5 %

Amount Per Serving % Daily Value *
Cholesterol 9.1mg 3 %
Sodium 114mg 5 %
Total Carbohydrates 22g 7 %
Dietary Fiber 1.5g 6 %
Sugars 10g 0 %

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Member 6997924

Jan 25, 2018

These are quick and easy and taste good. I read comments and reduces the sugar to 1/2 cup and they turned out wonderful. Thanks for the recipe!

msdeb21

Jul 18, 2017

I have a chocolate chip cookie and a snickerdoodle cookie recipe with cake mixes now I have an oatmeal cookie recipe, too. This recipe is really easy and tasty. Yes, a bit too much sugar, but this is just a different way to make them. We all have a certain taste for oatmeal cookies, some like crisp and some like chewy. Some like added raisins, some do not.

MikeM 1021

Apr 21, 2016

Sooooo easy. Soooo good!!!

Calruby

Mar 07, 2016

I agree with another poster...cake mixes are sweet enough. I've made oatmeal cookies with both yellow and chocolate cake mixes and did NOT add any extra sugar. I did add about 3/4 cup of flour, 3/4 cup butter (sometimes using 1/2 butter and 1/2 and oil. I only added 1 cup of quick oats and sometimes about a cup of mini-chocolate chips. Each and every time, the cookies came out perfect!

livelovelaugh

Sep 30, 2014

Cake mixes are already sweet so why so much sugar? I wonder if those who have made this found it to be too sweet? I'll probably reduce the sugar but still wonder about the degree of sweetness.

ladiwolf4 8159846

May 15, 2014

Is it possible to subs some of the oil , using applesauce? Seems like a lot of oil

Zoumonkie

Nov 11, 2013

The cake mix includes many ingredient. making these cookies very easy to make. Quick, easy, and good. Separate dough adding lemon or almond flavor to make a variety of cookies. Add raisins, dried cranberries, or cherry for more variations.

Londonmas 6432573

Oct 21, 2013

Cake mixes do not seem to weigh 18.25 oz anymore. They seem to be cut down to between 15 and 16.5 oz.

grannyjean1944

Oct 20, 2013

There is nothing better than the Quaker oats recipe on the back of the box. My family loves both pecans and raisins and we love them soft.

brenda27537 306524 0

Mar 11, 2013

These have a good flavor and are simple to make, however mine were crumbly. Does anyone know what to do to prevent them from breaking up?

purple292k 7375576

Mar 03, 2013

I made this with a lemon cake mix and it turned out great.

grammygwen

Apr 11, 2011

I made these cookies, but I used a greman chocolate cake mix instead of the yellow. I aslo added another egg and a half a cup of chocolate chips and my family flipped over them. The next time I want to try a butter pecan cake mix. Yummy!!!!