Chocolate Gooey Cookies

Ingredients:

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter at room temperature

1 (8oz) brick cream cheese at room temperature

1 egg

1tsp vanilla extract

1 box (18oz) super moist chocolate or devils food cake mix

Powdered Sugar, for rolling in

Directions:

In a large bowl cream together butter and cream cheese. Add egg and vanilla extract, beat until well mixed. Slowly add in cake mix.

Refrigerate mix for at least 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Roll dough into 1 inch balls (dough will be sticky), then roll in powdered sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet 2 inches apart.

Bake 8-10 minutes or until cookies are firm. Cool completely on on wire rack.

Spiced Pumpkin Cookies

In honor of it officially being Fall I decided to make a pumpkin themed dessert! They are so tasty and are only about 70 calories each!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter softened

1 cup granulated sugar

1 (about 1/2 can) cup pureed pumpkin (NOT the pumpkin pie filling)

2 eggs at room temp

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp pumpkin spice (yeah I added a little more of it, even though it's made up of all the spices your putting in the cookies =p)

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/2 cup chopped pecans (or walnuts) +some for topping *optional*

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 F

In large bowl cream together butter and sugar. Add in eggs and pumpkin. Sift together flour and spices, then add to pumpkin mixture. Once all ingredients are thoroughly add in pecans.

Drop loaded spoonfuls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Top with a sprinkle of pecans.

Bake 8-10 minutes.

Once finished move to wire rack and let cool completely.

Pecan Sandies

I've made these cookies, they are SOOOOOO good, me and mom didn't leave any for the week ahead when I made them! ^_^

Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup white sugar for decoration

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine, vegetable oil, 1 cup white sugar and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the pecans. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll each ball in remaining white sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are golden. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.