Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies - Paula Deen

Total Time: 2 hrs 27 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 18 ounces moist chocolate cake mix
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 in a large bowl cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
• 3 beat in egg. then add in the vanilla.
• 4 add in the cake mix mixing in well. dough will be very stiff. (if using a hand mixer be careful)
• 5 cover and refrigerate 2 hours until firm enough to roll into balls.
• 6 roll the chilled dough into tablespoon sized balls.
• 7 roll in confectioner's sugar.
• 8 place on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
• 9 bake 12 minutes.
• 10 (the cookies will remain soft and look somewhat under-baked.).
• 11 allow to slightly cool and very carefully remove to wire racks to cool. (they are very delicate and tend to fall apart easily).
• 12 cool completely. sprinkle with more confectioners sugar if desired.