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Recipe of the Month:  Gooey Butter Cookies

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I got this recipe from a website called Lil' Luna and normally I would link to it for you but it's so full of annoying ads that I can't in good conscience take you there.   Go look yourself if you want.   She's fun and she gave us this!

I like this recipe because it uses a cake mix for something besides cake.   I tend to grab a couple of basic cake mixes when they're on sale for those need-a-dessert emergencies, but then they sit on the shelf and need to get used up.   So I treated the kids with these cookies last week, and they LOVED them.   Even my pickiest food critics gave them stunning reviews, so I will share them with you!

  • Beat together
    • ½ cup of butter,
    • ½ tsp. of vanilla,
    • 1 egg and
    • 8 oz. softened cream cheese until fluffy.
  • Mix in
    • 1 box of yellow cake mix.   (You can use ANY flavor!)
  • Chill for 30 minutes.   Roll into balls and dip in
    • powdered sugar.

Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes, then sift powdered sugar on them when they are still warm.

The wonderful thing about this recipe is you can use any flavor cake mix and you can stir in any extras.   I did use yellow and it was yummy, and I had some extra currants that I mixed in that the kids loved.   We had fun thinking of different flavors of cake mixes that we could make these with and what would be delicious stirred into them.   So next time you need a quick batch of simple cookies, give these a whirl!

Previous recipe:   So-Easy Spanakopita

My article, Science in the Kitchen will give you some ideas about including kids in the cooking!



"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"
"What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.-- A.A.Milne
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