Description
These Christmas Ooey Gooey Butter Cookies are a festive easy recipe with a soft cream cheese center, a buttery cake mix base, and a snowy powdered sugar coating that crackles beautifully as they bake. Perfect for holiday dessert trays, cookie exchanges, Christmas parties, and sweet food ideas, this quick dessert delivers bakery-style results with very little effort and makes a wonderful easy recipe for seasonal baking.
Ingredients
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 box yellow cake mix, 15.25 oz
1 cup powdered sugar, for rolling
2 tbsp red and green sprinkles
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese and butter until smooth and fluffy.
3. Add the egg and vanilla extract, then mix until fully combined.
4. Stir in the yellow cake mix until a soft sticky dough forms.
5. Cover the bowl and chill the dough for 30 minutes.
6. Scoop the dough into tablespoon-sized portions and roll into balls.
7. Roll each dough ball generously in powdered sugar.
8. Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
9. Add red and green sprinkles to the tops, pressing lightly so they stick.
10. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the cookies are puffed and crackled and the edges are set.
11. Let the cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
For the best crackled look, chill the dough well before rolling and baking.
Use a heavy coating of powdered sugar so the cookies keep their snowy holiday finish.
Do not overbake these cookies, because the centers should stay soft and tender for the classic ooey gooey texture.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 140
- Sugar: 11g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 22mg
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