Gooey Butter Cookies

Ingredients

YIELD 24-36 cookies

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (18 1/2 ounce) box white cake mix or 1 (18 1/2 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• confectioners' sugar

Instructions

1 _ Cream together cream cheese and butter.

2 _ Add egg and vanilla, then cake mix.

3 _ Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until cookie dough is firm.

4 _ Roll in 1 inch balls, then roll in confectioner's sugar.

5 _ Preheat oven to 350*.


6 _ Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet for 10-15 minutes or until cookies are slightly firm to touch.

7 _ Wait a minute or two before removing cookies to cooling racks.

8 _ Dust with confectioner's sugar.