Description
Delight in these festive Christmas Ooey Gooey Butter Cookies, featuring a soft and creamy texture with a buttery cake base, cream cheese richness, and a sweet coating of powdered sugar and holiday sprinkles, perfect for holiday celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 ounces softened cream cheese
- 1 egg
Coating & Decoration
- Powdered sugar (for rolling)
- Holiday sprinkles (for rolling)
Instructions
- Mix Wet Ingredients: Beat together the softened butter, vanilla extract, egg, and softened cream cheese until the mixture is fluffy and well combined.
- Add Cake Mix: Gradually add the yellow cake mix to the wet ingredients and blend thoroughly until fully incorporated into a smooth dough.
- Chill Dough: Place the dough in the refrigerator and chill for 1 hour to firm up, making it easier to handle for rolling.
- Form and Coat Cookies: Roll the chilled dough into balls, then dip each ball in holiday sprinkles followed by rolling it completely in powdered sugar to coat evenly.
- Bake Cookies: Arrange the coated cookies on a baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes or until the edges turn lightly brown.
- Cool and Serve: Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Chilling the dough is crucial to prevent spreading and to help maintain the cookie shape during baking.
- You can substitute any flavor of cake mix to customize the cookie flavor.
- If softened butter or cream cheese is too soft, it may cause the dough to be sticky; chilling will help manage this.
- For a stronger vanilla flavor, increase the vanilla extract to 1 teaspoon.
- These cookies keep well in an airtight container for up to one week or can be frozen for longer storage.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160 kcal
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 110 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
