‘Tis the season to be jolly, and to eat lots of holiday treats like these amazing Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies! If you’re looking for the perfect melt-in-your-mouth Christmas cookies that are super easy to make, you’ve stumbled upon the perfect recipe.
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Friends, I’m telling you, these Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies are THE BEST!
Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies Recipe
As far as I am concerned, you really can’t go wrong with a recipe that is so simple to make, especially during the busy holiday season.
Want to know another recipe I’m obsessed with making this Christmas? My easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread.
I make this bread as a gift to my friends because they all love it so much.
Of course, it’s hard to pick a favorite when it comes to Christmas cookies. I adore these Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies, but I also love my Raspberry Almond Shortbread Cookies, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, Snowball Cookies and my Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies.
See, I told you, difficult to choose just one! :)
Of course, it’s the holiday sprinkles that make these cookies festive. You could use regular sprinkles to make these gooey butter cookies for any time of year!
I can tell you that I really tend to prefer soft and chewy Christmas cookies. It’s one of the reasons that I love this recipe so much. They are also a big favorite when I take them to holiday gatherings and parties.
People are always surprised when I tell them that I made these cookies using a cake mix!
Be sure to pin this recipe to your favorite boards on Pinterest so you don’t forget about it when it’s time to whip up a batch of cookies this Christmas. I hope you enjoy this holiday treat as much as we do!
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More Holiday Sweets
- Cake Mix Cookie Bars
- Fantasy Fudge
- Sugar Cookie Fudge
- Velveeta Fudge
- Hershey Kiss Cookies
- Snowball Christmas Cookies
Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies
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Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 white cake mix
- ½ cup sprinkles divided
- ½ cup confectioner’s sugar
Instructions
- Cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
- Add the egg and vanilla, mixing just until combined.
- Beat in the cake mix until the dough is fully blended.
- Stir in half of the sprinkles.
- Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a cookie sheet or line it with parchment paper.
- Scoop rounded tablespoons of dough and roll each into a 1-inch ball.
- Sprinkle the tops with some of the remaining sprinkles, then roll each ball in confectioner’s sugar until fully coated.
- Place the dough balls about 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let the cookies rest on the sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition is an estimate from an online calculator, not medical advice, and depends on your portion size.
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Can you freeze these cookies?
How many cookies does this recipe make??
So with it being a cake mix cookie all we need to do to change the flavor is change the cake mix — spice, chocolate, etc. This sounds great, looks like it is time for grocery shopping???. Thank you for your recipe.
Are you able to freeze the dough?
Why do mine come out flat & take so long to cook. I checked my oven & everything is correct.
Once that happened to me, and I found out you should use a large egg. I had used a jumbo egg. Next time used a large one, and they came out fine.
I am having the same problem. I followed it to the t
I made these and they are wonderful! I added a peppermint white chocolate kiss to each one and they were amazing!
Every single person LOVED these chewy cookies! One by one they disappeared in about 5 minutes. The key is to definitely pull them out before they are completely done and let them stay on the cookie sheet like she said. Follow her instructions to a tee & you will have amazing cookies!
(My 1st pan cooked about 2 minutes too long and they have more of a cake like substance & started to brown. So I paid closer attention to the 2nd & 3rd pans and they turned out perfect!!)
They were delicious I have to say. I made them this weekend, three batches, and the family loved them. Very easy to make and I plan on making them again! Thanks for sharing the recipe and Merry Christmas :)
I made these and they are really really wonderful. They were gone in no time. I have a question and comment. My question is how do you store these ? I put them on a zip lock bag and they got to be kind of soggy I guess from the powered sugar. Any suggestions ? Thank you for a great cookie recipe.
I would suggest putting them in a cookie tin. That’s what we do and our cookies last longer and don’t get soggy.
I am going to try this recipe but I’m going to use chocolate cake mix. Hoping it comes out ok. Think it will be pretty with the sprinkles and I wanted to add a chocolate cookie to my list.
So I made these cookies and took them to work, next thing I knew they were chasing me down wanting another one. I made a double batch, because there are a lot of employees. They are waiting for me to make more. Thank you so much fgor this recipe.