Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies
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Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies
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These delicious Kentucky butter cake cookies are easy to make and have a soft and buttery flavor! They’re topped with a sweet buttery sauce (aka glaze) on top creating a a cookie you have to try.
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Ingredients
Cake
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 1 egg
- 1 box Butter cake mix (15.25 ounces)
Frosting
- 8 ounce cream cheese (softened)
- ¼ cup butter (softened)
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ cup toasted, chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
Cookies
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Combine butter and cream cheese together in a large bowl and beat until smooth and fluffy.
- Add in the egg and the cake mix and mix well.
- Using a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop out dough and place 2" apart on prepared cookie sheet, then chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F, then bake the chilled cookies for 10 - 12 minutes, until just barely starting to brown on the edges.
- Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Frosting
- Beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth.
- Add milk and powdered sugar and beat until smooth and a good spreading consistency.
- Frost cooled cookies generously and sprinkle with toasted pecans, if desired.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Be generous with the glaze on top – that’s one of the best parts of these cookies!
- Stick with smaller cookies compared to larger ones. These are pretty rich with all that butter flavor.
- Freeze unbaked cookies by freezing individually cookie dough balls on a baking sheet. Once they’re frozen, place in a zipper top freezer safe bag and freeze all together. Bake from frozen just like if you were baking them from chilled.
- Ingredient Notes:
- You can use a yellow cake mix instead of the butter cake mix, you just won't get quite as much butter flavor. If you are using a yellow cake mix, you could add one tsp of butter extract (if you have it) to the batter to up the butter flavor.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
230kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
26g
(9%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
13g
(20%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
41mg
(14%)
Sodium
266mg
(11%)
Potassium
43mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
18g
(36%)
Vitamin A
445IU
(9%)
Calcium
70mg
(7%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 230 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 230kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 26g | 9% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 41mg | 14% |
| Sodium | 266mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 43mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 18g | 36% |
| Vitamin A | 445IU | 9% |
| Calcium | 70mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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