Gooey Butter Cookies

By nanapuddin

Ingredients

• chocolate cake mix or yellow
• 1 egg
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1 stick of butter, softened
• powdered sugar

Details

Servings 24
Adapted from underthebigoaktree.com

Preparation

Step 1

They are so light! A perfect dessert to pair with a spring or summer meal! My sister-in-law suggested making strawberry cookies using a strawberry cake mix. I haven't tried those yet.

Usually, when I make these cookies, I'll make 3 different flavors at a time. After mixing up the cookie dough and letting them chill, I'll bake about 2 dozen of each flavor. The rest of the dough freezes well. Especially if they are rolled into balls before freezing. (I don't add the powdered sugar until I am ready to thaw them out and bake them.)

These sound tasty! :) We love something called Ooey Gooey Butter Bars, so I bet we will love these! Question for you, though - when you freeze them, how long do they keep for? And approximately how long does it take to thaw them to the point you can roll them and bake? Our freezer is tiny :( but I'm trying to learn more about freezing, especially with Christmas just around the corner! It would be nice to be able to mix things up in advance and bake near the time (to save some sanity!).

Add cake mix, egg, cream cheese and butter in a bowl. Mix until well combined.
Chill over night (or at least 4 hours)
Roll into balls to desired size.
Roll in powdered sugar.
Bake at 350* for 9-12 minutes