Any recipe with “gooey” and “butter” in the title and I’m definitely going to try it. I mean, come on! Yum! And these cookies looked so festive they were a must make.
Roll the balls of cookie dough in more sprinkles and then in powdered sugar.
Bake and viola! Beautiful Christmas cookies.
They are buttery and chewy with a little bit of crunch around the edges. They kind of tasted like little cupcakes but in a cookie. We loved them!
Thank you to The Recipe Critic for this delicious recipe.
Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 c. unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp. almond extract, opt.
- 1/2 tsp. orange extract, opt.
- 1 pkg. white cake mix
- 1/2 c. sprinkles, divided
- 1/2 c. powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese. Add the egg, almond extract and orange extract and mix until combined. Add the white cake mix and mix until combined. Stir in 1/4 cup of sprinkles.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour or up to 24 hours. The longer the dough chills, the less sticky it will be.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place powdered sugar in one bowl and the remaining ¼ cup of sprinkles in another bowl. Using a 1-inch cookie scoop, scoop out dough and roll into a ball. Sprinkle with a few extra sprinkles and roll in powdered sugar, completely covering the dough ball. Place on a greased cookie sheet. Repeat.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet for two minutes before removing to wire rack.
- Makes around 42 small cookies.
Did you use both almond and orange extract together? Or just one of them. These look amazing! 🙂
Just one of them Thanks for asking!