Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies
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Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies
Description
Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies combine room-temperature butter and cream cheese beaten together with egg and optional almond and orange extracts, then folded with a white cake mix and sprinkles. After chilling, the dough is portioned into balls, topped with more sprinkles, and rolled in powdered sugar before baking at 350°F until the edges set but the centers remain soft and gooey. Cooling briefly on the sheet before transferring to a rack finishes the texture.
The resulting cookies have a tender crumb with a moist, slightly dense interior owing to the cream cheese, contrasted by the crunchy sugar coating and bursts of festive sprinkles. The subtle flavor extracts enhance but do not overpower the mild sweetness.
This recipe works well for holiday cookie exchanges or gifting, offering a twist on standard sugar cookies with its moist and richer base. The chilled dough is easy to scoop and shape, aiding uniform baking and consistent cookies every time.
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 1 egg large
- ½ teaspoon almond extract optional
- ½ teaspoon orange extract optional
- 1 (13.25-ounce) white cake mix box
- ½ cup Sprinkles divided, holiday
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Beat the butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with a hand mixer. Add the egg, almond extract, and orange extract and mix until combined.
- Add the cake mix and mix with the hand mixer until fully combined. Stir in ¼ cup of the sprinkles by hand. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour, or up to 24 hours.
- Once the dough has finished chilling, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Use a 1-inch cookie scoop to scoop the dough before rolling it into uniform balls. Sprinkle a few sprinkles on the cookie ball before rolling in the powfered sugar until completely coated.
- Place the dough on the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2-inches between each.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes, until the edges have set. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for two minutes before removing them to finish cooling on a cooling rack.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 42cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 87 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 87kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 11g | 4% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.2g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 15mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 81mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 15mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.1g | 0% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 146IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 26mg | 3% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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