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Ingredients
- 1 (8-ounce) brick cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 stick butter, at room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (18-ounce) box moist chocolate cake mix
- Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in the egg. Then beat in the vanilla extract. Beat in the cake mix. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours to firm up so that you can roll the batter into balls. Roll the chilled batter into tablespoon sized balls and then roll them in confectioner's sugar. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake 12 minutes. The cookies will remain soft and "gooey." Cool completely and sprinkle with more confectioners' sugar, if desired.
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By ezbaker0529
on May 22, 2012
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This is the snack I have been waiting for my whole life. If you like chocolate donuts you'll love this recipe. I used a 15.5 oz cake mix. Thought they were all the same but now I know. Recipe was still delicious. Absolutely love Paula Deen. Have never tried a recipe by her and been disappointed. Always truly happy. Try her apple butter pumpkin pie. To die for!
By zyxe
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on May 17, 2012
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excellent recipe. i'm a dark chocolate fan myself, and i've found that using a dark chocolate pudding cake mix is great. i've made this many times, and my favorite version so far is adding 1 to 2 teaspoons of instant espresso powder (beat in with the butter and cream cheese, a pinch of extra salt and half a bag of dark chocolate chips for texture, and i bake them in the oven at 400F for 8.5 minutes. the inside is still gooey, but the sugar on the outside gets a little crunchy, which is awesome!
By deeprose3_6854654
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on April 22, 2012
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Well, I had high hopes for these cookies. I used to love Gooey Butter Cake that we got in St. Louis. However, these are just missing something. I think they probably need more sugar, as the cream cheese is not sweetened, but they just don't taste anything like what I was expecting. I might try them again, but the recipe definitely needs adjusting somehow.
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