Easy Brownie Cookies

• 1 (8 ounce) brick cream cheese, room temperature
• 12 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (18 ounce) boxmoist chocolate cake mix
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
3. Beat in the egg.
4. Then beat in the vanilla extract.
5. Beat in the cake mix.
6. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours to firm up so that you can roll the batter into balls.
7. Roll the chilled batter into tablespoon sized balls and then roll them in confectioners sugar.
8. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
9. Bake 12 minutes.
10. Cool completely and sprinkle with more confectioners sugar, if desired.

brick cream cheese, butter, egg, vanilla, chocolate cake, confectioners

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easy-brownie-cookies-420958 (may not work)