Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies
These delicious Kentucky butter cake cookies are easy to make and have a soft and buttery flavor! They’re topped with a sweet buttery sauce (aka glaze) on top creating a a cookie you have to try.
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 230kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 1 egg
- 1 box butter cake mix (15.25 ounces)
Frosting
- 8 ounce cream cheese (softened)
- ¼ cup butter (softened)
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ cup toasted, chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
Cookies
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Combine butter and cream cheese together in a large bowl and beat until smooth and fluffy.1/2 cup butter, 8 ounces cream cheese
- Add in the egg and the cake mix and mix well.1 egg, 1 box butter cake mix
- Using a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop out dough and place 2" apart on prepared cookie sheet, then chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F, then bake the chilled cookies for 10 - 12 minutes, until just barely starting to brown on the edges.
- Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Frosting
- Beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth.8 ounce cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter
- Add milk and powdered sugar and beat until smooth and a good spreading consistency.1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup milk
- Frost cooled cookies generously and sprinkle with toasted pecans, if desired.1/2 cup toasted, chopped pecans
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Be generous with the glaze on top – that’s one of the best parts of these cookies!
Stick with smaller cookies compared to larger ones. These are pretty rich with all that butter flavor.
Freeze unbaked cookies by freezing individually cookie dough balls on a baking sheet. Once they’re frozen, place in a zipper top freezer safe bag and freeze all together. Bake from frozen just like if you were baking them from chilled.
Ingredient Notes:
- You can use a yellow cake mix instead of the butter cake mix, you just won't get quite as much butter flavor. If you are using a yellow cake mix, you could add one tsp of butter extract (if you have it) to the batter to up the butter flavor.
Nutrition
Calories: 230kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 266mg | Potassium: 43mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 445IU | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 1mg