Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

Submitted by Claudia Temby
Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen via www.FoodNetwork.com

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Level: easy

Serves: 2 dozen cookies

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 (8 oz) brick cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 stick butter, at room temperature
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 (18 oz) box moist chocolate cake mix
• Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in the egg. Then beat in the vanilla extract. Beat in the cake mix. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours to firm up so that you can roll the batter into balls. Roll the chilled batter into tablespoon sized balls and then roll them in the confectioners’ sugar. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake 12 minutes. The cookies will remain soft and “gooey.” Cool completely and sprinkle with more confectioners’ sugar, if desired.

This recipe was taken from a magazine ad.