Vanilla Gooey Butter Cookies
By Paula Deen
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Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 2 hours
Cook time: 12 minutes
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- confectioners' sugar, for dusting
- 1 (18-oz) package moist vanilla cake mix
- 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1 stick butter, room temperature
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 °F.
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 confectioner’s 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 confectioner’s sugar, if desired.