Hi Jane;
This is from a cookbook titled: Best Recipes of the Great Food Companies

CAKE MIX COOKIES

1 pkg. Betty Crocker super moist cake mix, any except fudgemarble or carrot
1/2 cup shortening
1/3 cup margarine or butter softened
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 egg.
Preheat oven to 375* Mix about 1/2 of dry cake mix with all the above ingreds in large bowl, until well mixed. Stir in remaining cake mix.
Drop by rounded teaspoons about 2" apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9-11 mins. (centers will be soft) Cool 1 min. before removing from cookie sheet.
VARIATION:
Mix 1/2 cup nuts into dough. Shape dough by scant teaspoons into balls. place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake, cool and remove as per above directions.