Gooey Butter Cookies
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake 10 min./batch
YIELD: 5 dozen.
As a native of St. Louis, I wanted to make a cookie version of the famous gooey butter cake. And although many gooey butter cake recipes use a cake mix, these cookies are made from scratch. —Julia TenHoeve, Richmond, Virginia
Ingredients
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1/2 cup butter, softened
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1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
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1-1/2 cups sugar
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1 large egg, room temperature
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1-1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
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2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup nonfat dry milk powder
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3 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
Directions
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1.
Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar until blended. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, milk powder and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Chill dough 30 minutes or until slightly firm.
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2.
Scoop level tablespoons of dough; roll in confectioners’ sugar. Place 1 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until light brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 70 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 11mg cholesterol, 50mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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