Mailbox: Cookies using cake mix

Does anyone have a recipe to make cookies out of a package of carrot cake mix? Is there anything that needs to be added or omitted when making the cookies?

— Margie Allen,Sacramento

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• Fans of Olive Garden soup: I was wondering if anyone has the recipes for Olive Garden's soups. We love their minestrone as well as their other soups.

— Arkie Thelen, Loomis

Watson is a Sacramento home economist who has been a nutrition consultant and cooking instructor for nearly 20 years. She is a member of the American Association of Family and Consumer Science. Write: Teri Watson, Taste, The Sacramento Bee, P.O. Box 15779, Sacramento 95852. Fax: 916-556-5625. E-mail: twatson@sacbee.com. Include your full name, phone number and city.