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How to Bake with Brown Butter (7 Easy Recipes)
In this post I'm going to give you all of my favorite brown butter recipes--everything from frostings to cookies to cake. All you have to do is click on the pictures of the linked recipes to find everything you need...
Canned Biscuit Pocket Pies
If you love those golden, delicious little pocket pies, the ones you can hold in your hand and eat without a fork, you're going to love this quick recipe.
Whether you love sweet or savory pies, this is one that...
Bananas Foster Pound Cake (from scratch)
If you find yourself with overripe bananas, have I got the perfect recipe for you! This Bananas Foster Pound Cake is sublime--loaded with bananas, brown sugar, butter, and walnuts. Best of all, it comes together easily and the recipe is...
Easy Patriotic Treats (cookies, cakes, and more)
If you're looking for patriotic sweet treats to serve at your family picnic or event, you've come to the right spot! I'm going to give you ideas for cookies, cakes, cupcakes, Oreos, and much more!
Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookies (doctored white cake mix)
If you love the flavor and texture of a great peanut butter cookie but don't have the time or the ingredients, you're going to love this simple recipe! These peanut butter cookies are light, fluffy, loaded with flavor, and best...
Strawberry Pie Filling Cake (doctored white cake mix)
If you're looking for a rich strawberry cake that starts with a simple white cake mix you've come to the right place. This one is different from the rest because it starts with something you've probably never used in a...
No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Pie
This no bake cherry cheesecake pie features a creamy filling, tart cherries, and a buttery crust—easy, delicious, and perfect for holidays.
Cinnamon Sugar Pound Cake (from scratch)
If you're in the mood for a buttery cake with luscious swirls of cinnamon and brown sugar, you've come to the right place! This moist, delicious pound cake is easy to whip up and the addition of the cinnamon and...
Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies
You're in a hurry to make cookies for the kids but you don't have all of the ingredients you need. You look in the pantry and see something that just might work--a white cake mix. But, can you really use...
Easy Banana Berry Cake (Doctored White Cake Mix)
This Easy Banana Berry Cake is light, fluffy, and filled with the creaminess of bananas and tartness of raspberries. The addition of the luscious cream cheese drip sends it over the edge, to a whole new place! Best of all,...

About Janice
Let’s Step Out of the Box, Y’all!
If you love to bake and you’re looking for great hacks that start with a boxed mix, you’ve come to the right place! Out of the Box Baking is the brain-child of Janice Thompson (yours truly), an inspirational author of over 165 books and self-proclaimed cake and cookie expert.