Shelly's Recipe

CHOCOLATE GOOEY BUTTER COOKIES

Category: Cookies

1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 (18-oz) box moist chocolate cake mix
Confectioners sugar, for dusting

Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, 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 tbsp 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.