Gooey Butter Cookies
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INGREDIENTS
  • 1 stick butter, softened
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 package cream cheese (8 oz)
  • 1 box butter recipe cake mix
  • Powdered Sugar to roll cookie in
DIRECTIONS
  1. Beat butter, cream cheese, vanilla and egg together. Stir in cake mix. Chill dough for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350. Grease cookie sheets (I use Pam). Drop teaspoons of dough in powdered sugar & roll into balls. Place on greased cookie sheets.
  2. Bake for 10-13 minutes or until golden. Yield: Approximately 4 dozen cookies.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
This is a recipe that I got from my mom. A St. Louis dessert is Gooey Butter Cake...it is to DIE for...literally, because it's so bad for you! haha Anyway, Gooey Butter Cookies are a take on the Gooey Butter Cake. They are SOOOO delicious, I have never met a person who didn't enjoy them!