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Cookie dough balls and cookies with chocolate kisses on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies

One of the reasons I love making these cream cheese thumbprint cookies is how much easier and faster the process is because I started with boxed cake mix. Rather than measuring out different ingredients, I'm just opening a package and then adding very few ingredients after that. It's so easy to manage you may never go back to make cookies from scratch again.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24
Calories 140 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 package cake mix
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 slab cream cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 24 Hershey kisses

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F or whatever temperature the boxed cake mix recommends.
  • Add the butter and cream cheese to a bowl and blend until mixed.
  • Add the egg and mix together.
  • Add cake mix and mix together. Blend well until you have a sticky dough.
  • I used a melon baller to scoop out the cookies.
  • After rolling the balls of dough in my hands, transfer them to a baking sheet covered in parchment paper.
  • Press your thumb into the center of the dough ball.
  • Place one chocolate Hershey kiss in the indentation your thumb made.
  • Bake for about 15 minutes or until the cookies are a golden color.
  • Remove from oven. Take cookies on parchment paper off the hot pan and place it on a cool rack.

Notes

The box cake mix instructions said to bake for 9-11 minutes. However, when I followed those instructions, the cookies were significantly underdone. That's why the cook time is 15 minutes.
Don't overcook or the Hershey kiss will start to burn.

Nutrition

Calories: 140kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 2gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 186mgPotassium: 17mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 128IUCalcium: 58mgIron: 0.5mg

Disclaimer

Please note that nutrient values, if included with the recipe, are estimates only. Variations can occur due to product availability/substitution and manner of food preparation. Nutrition may vary based on methods of origin, preparation, freshness of ingredients, and other factors.

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