Gooey Butter Cookies

This preacher takes Mondays off. It's usually a day for cleaning or running errands. Today I wanted to surprise Karsten with homemade cookies. An internet search had me come across a recipe for Gooey Butter Cake. When we lived in Woodbury we loved to eat at a small restaurant in Afton called The Sail Away. One of their specialty desserts was an individual Gooey Butter Cake. Delicious. Good memories for sure. Well the side bar came up with some alternate recipes and I came across this for Gooey Butter Cookies. It's basically cream cheese, butter, and yellow cake mix. A very easy recipe. Karsten gives them a "thumbs up."

Ingredients: 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 egg 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 2. In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter. Stir in the egg and vanilla. Add cake mix, and stir until well blended. Roll into 1inch balls and roll the balls in the confectioners' sugar. Place 1 inch apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. 3. Bake for 10 to 13 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.