Gooey Butter Cookies
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Gooey Butter Cookies
Description
This recipe starts by beating softened cream cheese and butter with egg and vanilla until fluffy, ensuring a rich and creamy base. Adding yellow cake mix creates a thick dough that is chilled before shaping. Rolling the dough balls in powdered sugar gives the cookies a sweet, crackled exterior after baking for 10–12 minutes at 350°F.
The resulting cookies are soft with a slight gooeyness inside, offering a texture contrast between the tender crumb and the sugary surface. They achieve their characteristic moistness from the cream cheese and butter combination without additional liquid ingredients.
These cookies are suitable for preparing several flavor variations by changing the cake mix, and the dough can be refrigerated or frozen for convenience. Finished cookies keep well when stored airtight, either at room temperature or frozen for longer storage.
Ingredients
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese softened
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (15.25-ounce) box yellow cake mix
- 1 cup powdered sugar plus more for dusting
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, egg, and vanilla with a hand mixer until fluffy.
- Mix in cake mix until combined, and chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Place powdered sugar in a bowl. Scoop out and roll dough into 1½-inch balls and roll in powdered sugar until well coated. Place onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10–12 minutes.
- Let cookies sit on the cookie sheet for a few minutes, then remove to a rack to cool.
- Sift more powdered sugar on top, if desired.
Notes
- You can use other cake mix flavors such as strawberry, chocolate, or Funfetti for variation.
- Dough can be refrigerated in an airtight container or wrapped tightly and kept for up to 3 days before baking.
- Store baked cookies in an airtight container on the counter for up to 3 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 57 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 57kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 5g | 2% |
| Protein | 0.3g | 1% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.2g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 17mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 4mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 4mg | 0% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 129IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 2mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.04mg | 0% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
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