Cream Cheese Coconut Cookies

Cream Cheese Coconut Cookies

Ingredients:

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 egg

1/4 teaspoon coconut extract

1 (18.5 ounce) package yellow cake mix

Optional: 1/2 cup coconut

1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter. Stir in the egg and extract. Add cake mix, and stir until well blended. Roll into 1 inch balls and coat in the confectioners' sugar. Place 1 inch apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. ( I used parchment paper). Bake for 10 to 13 minutes in the preheated oven. After a few minutes remove from baking sheets to cool.

VARIATIONS: I substituted Duncan Hines Strawberry cake mix for the yellow cake mix and they were wonderful! I also used a buttercream chocolate cake mix, and left out the extract, and again it turned out great. They are SO pretty on a platter with a doily. I made enough to take one platter to each side of the family and sent them to school and work!