I recently spent the weekend with dear friends in St Louis and was fortunate that I was introduced to tons of St Louis local favorites. Gooey Butter Cake is a true dessert staple to locals and here’s a cookie version kindly provided by St Louis cooking maven, Chris Absheer (here with cutie grandson, Mikey). Seriously, with that name, who can resist these cookies – plus, they’re super simple to prepare!
Ingredients:
- 1 -8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 -18.5 ounce package yellow cake mix
- 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl cream together the cream cheese and the butter. Stir in the egg and vanilla. Add cake mix, stir until well blended.
- Form dough into 1-inch balls (should yield 24 balls). Place the confectioners’ sugar in a shallow dish then roll the balls to coat them in sugar.
- Place balls 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 10-13 minutes, until lightly golden. Remove cookies from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes, then cool completely on wire rack.
Makes 24 cookies.
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