Ingredients
- 1 box (18 1/4 ounce) cake mix (butter recipe cake mix, any other flavor works well too, Refer to Note below)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup butter, softened (please don't use margarine)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Powdered sugar, for coating
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350-degrees Fahrenheit. Grease 2 cookie sheets.
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Step 2: Beat all ingredients together until all is incorporated smooth. Place batter in bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Can be made a day ahead and refrigerated overnight.
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Step 3: Place enough powdered sugar in a bowl to roll cookie balls in (approximately 1 cup).
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Step 4: Roll pieces of batter into 1-inch balls with palms of hands until all the dough is used up. It is best to place each ball of dough on wax paper lined cookie sheet.
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Step 5: Place each piece of dough ball into bowl of powdered sugar and roll to cover with sugar.
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Step 6: Place cookie balls on greased cookie sheets about 1-inch apart. Press each cookie down with back of fork.
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Step 7: Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes.
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Step 8: Sprinkle cookies with additional powdered sugar.
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NOTE: We've used different flavors of cake mix: butter, yellow, confetti, marble, lemon, etc. They all come out good but find that the Duncan Hines brand comes out best in taste
Tips & Variations
- 2 greased cookie sheets for baking and;
- 1 wax-paper lined cookie sheet to hold balls of raw cookie dough
We hope you enjoy this recipe!
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