Gooey Butter Cookies Recipe

If you need more buttery, delicious recipes in your life, try these: gooey butter cake and buttermilk pie!

If there’s one recipe that’s worth breaking your diet for, it’s gooey butter cookies. These cookies are everything I say and more. Super easy to make, but even easier to devour with their AMAZING taste and texture. These gooey butter cookies are made with all of the best ingredients. Cream cheese, powdered sugar, yellow cake mix for easy prep, and of course- all the butter. They’re tender, rich, and absolutely irresistible.

Ingredient List

Mix up all of these simple ingredients to get the most rich and gooey cookies out there! All measurements are in the recipe card below.

Cream Cheese: At room temperature so it mixes together smoothly with the other ingredients. Powdered Sugar: Divided, you’ll use some for the cookies themselves and also for dusting on top. Unsalted Butter: Again, at room temperature so you get a smooth cookie dough. Vanilla Extract: For a little extra flavor. I recommend using pure vanilla extract for the best results! Large Egg: To bind all of the ingredients together. Boxed Yellow Butter Cake: Butter cake mix is the best if you can find it, but yellow cake mix will also work!

How to Make Gooey Butter Cookies

Anyone can make these butter cookies, they’re so simple! Just mix, shape, and throw them in the oven. The hardest part? Waiting for them to bake! They smell absolutely divine.

Use Room Temperature Ingredients: Let the ingredients come to room temperature before mixing up the dough. Set the cream cheese, butter, and egg on the counter for at least an hour before you begin baking. This will allow the ingredients to incorporate better, without leaving little chunks unincorporated in the dough. Add More Sugar as Needed: If ¼ cup of powdered sugar isn’t enough to roll all the cookies, use additional sugar as needed. Avoid Overbaking: Don’t overbake your butter cookies! Bake them until the edges and tops just barely begin browning. They will finish baking as they cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes. Butter Cake Mix: Yellow Butter Cake will give you the best flavor, but regular yellow cake mix will work quite well if that is what you have on hand or what you can find at the store.