Gooey Butter Cookies

Submitted by Elizabeth Watters

"So easy to make and always a hit!"

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 13mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 24-36 cookies

ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (18 1/2 ounce) box white cake mix or (18 1/2 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• confectioners' sugar

directions

1. Cream together cream cheese and butter.
2. Add egg and vanilla, then cake mix.
3. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until cookie dough is firm.
4. Roll in 1 inch balls, then roll in confectioner's sugar.
5. Preheat oven to 350*.
6. Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet for 10-15 minutes or until cookies are slightly firm to touch.
7. Wait a minute or two before removing cookies to cooling racks.
8. Dust with confectioner's sugar.

Reviews

[NaughtyZute]

We just call these Evil Cookies! I've found I like them better when they cook just a bit longer. I make them larger too. And really, they just ain't right. They ain't right at all. Nothing should be this delicious. My friend says they call to him "Eat me. Eat me" They call to me "Make me. Make me." Don't be surprised if the church down the block starts a Gooey Butter Cookies Anonymous group to support us slaves. Just for today, I'm not going to eat any Butter Cookies... Oh shoot. I just had two for dinner! OK. Maybe tomorrow I won't have any Butter Cookies...

 

[Trillet]

I have been making this recipe for years now. I normally use a golden butter cake mix or red velvet. They are not bad with a spice mix either. A cookie scoop is a great investment for this recipe. Since I make them alone I usually make the balls with the scoop, return to fridge, and just before ready to bake roll them in the powdered sugar.

 

[Charly]

I made these using a vanilla cake mix and honey nut cream cheese - they turned out wonderful! Thanks for the recipe!

 

[sheyo300]

To be succinct, not that good. I tend to dislike cake mix cookies because they have one flavor: sweet. These are no exception. Surprisingly, they are not very chewy even with the cream cheese, they just have the texture of (big shock) cake. Oh well, I had some extra cream cheese I needed to use.

 

[Ck2plz]

I have been making these for years. We love them. I tend to cook them close to the 13 minute mark. If not, they get mushy quickly. They are a cookie that is softer than the normal cookie. Yummy!