Gooey Butter Cookies
Decadent gooey, chewy, and buttery cake mix cookies. These Gooey Butter Cookies have a rich butter flavor, chewy center, and tender cookie texture. Drizzled in an easy icing. An easy dessert cookie the whole family will love!
Servings 30
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 large egg
Topping
- Powdered Confectioners' sugar, to dust
- 1 1/2 cups powdered confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons water (or lemon juice!)
Instructions
- In a medium bowl fit with a mixer, beat butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract, almond extract, and egg until light and fluffy; about 3-5 minutes.
- Carefully incorporate cake mix into batter then mix until combined.
- Cover bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 45 minutes.
- Place 1/2 cup powdered confectioners' sugar into a bowl. Using a cookie scoop, scoop cookie batter then place onto baking sheet.
- Dip cookie scoop into powdered sugar to prevent cookie batter from sticking to scoop. This will make it easier to work with the dough.
- Sprinkle cookie tops with a little powdered sugar.
- Bake in oven 15-20 minutes or less time for a smaller cookie scoop.
- Transfer cookies to cooling rack. Tap cookie tops with a flat spatula if you want a flatter cookie top.
- In a small bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of water or lemon juice. Mix until smooth then use a spoon to drizzle icing over the top of cookies.