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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.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Servings: 16 cookies
Author: June Albertson-Dick

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.