# Gooey Butter Cookies

This recipe makes gooey butter cookies, a St. Louis specialty, perfect for Christmas.

- Servings: 20 servings
- Total time: 132 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.5 cup butter
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 0.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- powdered sugar

## Instructions

1. Mix butter and cream cheese together.
2. Add in egg and vanilla and mix well.
3. Add in one box of yellow cake mix and stir.
4. Refrigerate dough for one hour.
5. Using a 1 inch cookie scooper scoop and drop dough into a bowl of powdered sugar.
6. Roll around coating the dough.
7. Place on a parchment lined pan.
8. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.
9. Let them rest for an hour.

## Equipment

- cookie scooper (1 inch)
- parchment lined pan

## Tips

- Don’t overbake!
- Let them rest for an hour.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-12-28

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