Gooey Butter Cookies are a quick and easy cookie recipe made with cake mix and cream cheese. Super soft, chewy, and irresistible!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword butter, cake mix, cookies, cream cheese
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Chill 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 24cookies
Ingredients
8ouncescream cheeseroom temperature
½cupbutterroom temperature
1large egg
½tspvanilla extract
1box yellow cake mix
1cupconfectioner's sugar
Instructions
Combine the cream cheese, butter, egg, and vanilla in the mixer bowl and beat well until combined and fluffy.
Stir in the cake mix until fully incorporated.
Cover the bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Roll tablespoon-sized balls of dough between your hands and then roll them in the confectioner's sugar before placing them 1-2" apart on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, they will be puffed and slightly soft when done.
Sprinkle more confectioner's sugar on top if desired.