Cake Mix Gooey Butter Cookies

Using Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ yellow cake mix, these gooey butter cookies can be melting in your mouth in under an hour.

By Jessica Walker

Updated July 10, 2018

Make with

Betty Crocker Cake Mix

Ingredients

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1

Heat oven to 375°F.
2

In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and butter with spoon until well blended. Stir in vanilla and egg. Add cake mix; stir until well combined.
3

Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in powdered sugar to coat. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
4

Bake 11 to 15 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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