Gooey Butter Cookies

OMG, these were so simple even I was able to handle them, and they turned out to be exactly like the name says, gooey and buttery. They were so soft and just melted in your mouth. It would've been so much easier tho if I would've had a hand mixer. Some day I'll be able to afford one, until then, I just keep building muscle 💪 LoL 🤣

I used my stand mixer which was nice when adding cake mix. I used a sugar free supreme moist yellow cake mix, added 1 tsp cinnamon and upped the vanilla to 1 tsp. I wanted bigger cookies so I used a 1/4c measuring cup sprayed with Pam and loosely packed with dough. Formed 2-1/2" balls with my hands after scooping and added a big sprinkle of cinnamon sugar mix to tops of cookies before baking. Baked on parchment paper about 14 min., and made 14 cookies. Ooey gooey delicious! The cookies split nicely and the cinnamon sugar topping added a nice browned look. I was still craving something a little sweeter so might add baking brown sugar Truvia or try the confectioners sugar next time. Love the texture of these cookies!

Love the texture of these cookies, but not quite sure how to describe them. They're very light, almost pillow-y (if that makes any sense) when you bite into one. I used a 1-inch cookie scoop and ended up with 44 cookies, not 2 dozen. The one thing that might take this up to 5 stars for me would be more vanilla, at least twice as much, or maybe even three times. Good cookies, and they are a little addictive.

These are easy to make and always a hit! I pass this recipe along to anyone that tells me they “can’t bake”.

I loved these! The recipe submitter is right about not being able to stop eating them! Next time I will try a butter cake recipe as suggested by another reviewer. Thanks for sharing.

Make sure to use UNSALTED butter, ANY cake mix, and I suggest microwaving the butter/cream cheese mix until it's more liquid. Oil the tops of your mixer beaters as the batter climbs them. Once your dough is made, refrigerate it to get a firmer texture to ball up. I skipped the powdered sugar. I have used devil's food chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, fruity pebble cake mix, and funetti cake mixes with this recipe and they all turned out great. This makes a TON of cookies so be ready to share.