Paula Deens Gooey Chocolate Chip Butter Bars Food

CHOCOLATE CHIP GOOEY BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well. Pat into the bottom of prepared pan and set aside.
• Still using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth; add eggs and vanilla. Dump in confectioners' sugar and beat well. Reduce speed of mixer and slowly pour in butter. Mix well.
• Pour filling onto cake mixture and spread evenly. Sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts on top of filling. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Don't be afraid to make a judgment call on the cooking time, because oven temperatures can vary. You want the center to be a little gooey, so don't bake it past that point! Remove from oven and allow to cool completely. Cut into squares.
• *Variations: Pumpkin Gooey: For the cake part, use a spice cake mix or a basic yellow cake mix. Follow the original recipe, adding a 15-ounce can of pumpkin pie filling and an extra egg to the cream cheese filling. Bake as usual, remove from oven, and allow to cool. Cut into squares and top each square with a pecan half. Serve with a dollop of fresh whipped cream.
• Peanut Butter Gooey: Use a chocolate cake mix. Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter and an extra egg to cream cheese filling. You can sprinkle the top of batter with 1 cup chopped peanuts if you like. Proceed as directed above.

CHOCOLATE GOOEY BUTTER COOKIES - PAULA DEEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
• Beat in egg. Then add in the vanilla.
• Add in the cake mix mixing in well. Dough will be VERY stiff. (if using a hand mixer be careful)
• Cover and refrigerate 2 hours until firm enough to roll into balls.
• Roll the chilled dough into tablespoon sized balls.
• Roll in confectioner's sugar.
• Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
• Bake 12 minutes.
• (The cookies will remain soft and look somewhat under-baked.).
• Allow to slightly cool and very carefully remove to wire racks to cool. (they are very delicate and tend to fall apart easily).
• Cool completely. Sprinkle with more confectioners sugar if desired.

PAULA DEAN'S OOEY GOOEY CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well. Pat into the bottom of prepared pan and set aside. Still using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth; add eggs and vanilla. Dump in confectioners' sugar and beat well. Reduce speed of mixer and slowly pour in butter. Mix well.
• Pour filling onto cake mixture and spread evenly. Sprinkle 1 cup chocolate chips on top of filling. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Don't be afraid to make a judgment call on the cooking time, because oven temperatures can vary. You want the center to be a little gooey.

PAULA DEEN'S GOOEY CHOCOLATE CHIP BUTTER BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the cake mix, egg and 1/2 cup butter and mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13 by 9-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the eggs, vanilla and 1/2 cup butter and beat together.
• Add the powdered sugar and mix well.
• Spread over cake batter. Sprinkle the chocolate chip evenly over the top.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Make sure not to over bake as the center should be a little gooey.

CHOCOLATE CHIP GOOEY BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease a 9 by 13 inch baking pan.
• In a bowl, combine cake mix, egg, and butter with an electric mixer. Mix well.
• Pat into the bottom of prepared pan , set aside.
• Still using an electric mixer beat cream cheese until smooth; add eggs and vanilla. Add powdered sugar and beat very well.
• Reduce the speed of mixer and slowly pour in melted butter, mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Pour filling onto cake mixture and spread evenly. Bake 40-50 minutes. Mine were closer to 50. You want the center to be a little gooey, so don't bake it past that point!
• Remove from oven and allow to cool completely. If you want to drizzle melted chocolate over the top, allow it to cool for at least 15 minutes first. Allow to cool for at least another hour and then cut into bars. Enjoy!