Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies
All of the buttery flavors of the traditional Kentucky Butter Cake but in a cookie that is made with a cake mix.
Servings: 16 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix
- 2 eggs {whisked}
- 1/3 cup butter {melted}
Glaze
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Combine cookie ingredients in large bowl and mix until completely incorporated. NOTE: Dough will be thick.Using a medium sized cookie scoop {or heaping tablespoon}, scoop cookies onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.Bake for 7-8 minutes, remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet for 4-5 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack. Repeat until all of the dough is baked.
Glaze
- Combine the glaze ingredients in a small sauce pan. Cook over medium-low heat until the sugar is dissolved {it took about 4 minutes}, being sure to whisk the whole time. Spoon a teaspoon of glaze over each cookie and spread out, if necessary.
- Let glaze set and then sprinkle with powdered sugar. Keep your Kentucky butter cake cookies in an air tight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.