Description
Gooey strawberry butter cookies deliver sweet Southern comfort with a delightful twist. Homemade magic melts in your mouth, inviting you to savor each incredible bite of pure dessert bliss.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 box (15.25 ounces / 432 grams) strawberry cake mix
- 8 ounces (226 grams) cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup (1 stick / 113 grams) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
Flavor Enhancers:
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Coating:
- ½ cup powdered sugar (for rolling)
Instructions
- Cream together softened cream cheese and butter until uniformly smooth, using an electric mixer at medium speed.
- Incorporate egg and vanilla extract, blending thoroughly until mixture becomes homogeneous.
- Gradually fold in dry cake mix, stirring until a sticky, cohesive dough develops.
- Chill the prepared dough in the refrigerator for 30-45 minutes to enhance workability and texture.
- Heat the oven to 350F (175C) and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Form the chilled dough into compact, rounded spheres approximately 1-inch in diameter.
- Generously coat each dough ball with powdered sugar, ensuring complete coverage.
- Arrange cookies on the prepared baking sheet, maintaining adequate spacing between each piece.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, watching for lightly golden edges while centers remain soft and slightly underdone.
- Remove from oven and allow cookies to rest on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Notes
- Chill the dough thoroughly to prevent excessive spreading during baking, ensuring a perfectly soft and chewy texture.
- Roll cookies generously in powdered sugar for a beautiful crackled appearance and sweet, delicate coating that melts in your mouth.
- For gluten-free option, substitute the cake mix with a gluten-free yellow cake mix to accommodate dietary restrictions without compromising flavor.
- Experiment with flavor variations by adding finely chopped freeze-dried strawberries into the dough for an intense fruity punch and vibrant color.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg