Recipe - Funfetti Cookies

Like practically everything I've cooked for the last eight months or so, I can't take credit for this. I found it on Pinterest. (Not pin-interest as my friend and boyfriend like to call it. I'm looking at you, Kevin and Chris!) So awhile ago I discovered Funfetti dip and made it for a game night, which I know I've talked about on this blog, and it was a hit. And I've made it about three times since.

I had another game night with friends on Friday and figured I'd try something different. Funfetti cookies! They were from the same blogger who I discovered the dip through, so I figured it was worth a shot!

Definitely go check out the original blogger's site: http://www.eat-yourself-skinny.com/. Good stuff there.

Now without further ado... how does the dip translate to cookie form?

We start with three ingredients - Funfetti dip, 2 eggs, low fat yogurt
(I used vanilla because that's what the original recipe called for. Original flavor would probably work too, but the vanilla is a little sweeter and we are making cookies here.
To note, I do use original yogurt when I make the dip. But you have a lot of sweetness from the cool whip in that recipe. I also usually split the big tub of yogurt - half for the funfetti dip, half to make ranch dip for veggies, since I only make this when I'm having a party or bringing food to a party. Okay, that's enough footnotes for now.)

I also used my brand new non-stick baking mat for this. OMGILUVITSOMUCH<3! Seriously, if you bake. Get it. That's a standard size cookie sheet. Look how big the mat is!

And mix! Mix! Mix! Make the mixer do the work for you! This is after I made the mistake of using the whisk attachment and all the dough got in the middle of it... that was fun. Living and learning, living and learning.

And put them on the mat! I used my cookie scooper to do it. The dough is really sticky so I do recommend some type of utensil, or just a spoon, not your hands.

Just a different view... I don't know why. I did learn that the cookies do spread out more than I thought they would so definitely don't have them as close together as some of mine are. Mainly those two on the bottom left.

And then you bake for about 12 minutes at 375 degrees.

And you end up with these!

My thoughts on the cookies? Are mixed. Some of my friends liked the dip more, some liked the cookies more. I like the dip more just because it yields more. I only ended up with about a dozen and a half cookies. So they went really fast, whereas we can sit there and eat the dip all night and still have leftovers. I'll probably make them again, because they're not bad cookies. They're actually really good. It just depends on the setting you're making them for. A small get together, or just a night by yourself, the cookies. A large get together, the dip.

Now one of my friends wants to dip a funfetti cookie in funfetti dip... Next time, funfetti icing for the cookies?

Recipe in easy form:
1 box Funfetti cake mix (18.9 oz)
2 eggs
1/2 cup low-fat/fat-free vanilla yogurt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, mix cake mix, yogurt, and eggs until all clumps are gone. Drop small rounded balls onto cookie sheet greased or covered in baking mat, parchment paper. Bake for 10-12 minutes until cookies are slightly browned.