Comments on: Gooey Butter Cookies (Made from Scratch!)

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:15:24 +0000

In reply to Christine Lofton. Hi Christine! Did you make any substitutions? Did you weigh your flour? These should have a good flavor. The reason the other recipe used less flour is because they reduced an egg.

By: Christine Lofton

Christine Lofton — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:32:27 +0000

They don’t have enough flavor and the dough was super sticky and hard to work with. I refrigerated it for a few hours which helped, but the middle was still very sticky. I saw a similar recipe that uses 1 less egg and less flour, and adds almond extract, which I think this recipe needs. Probably more sugar and salt would help, too.

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Fri, 29 May 2026 11:57:25 +0000

In reply to Julie Busath. Hi Julie! I haven't personally tried making these strawberry so I can't say for sure how to do it. If you use freeze dried strawberry powder you will definitely want to make some adjustments to the flour in the recipe. Let me know how it goes if you try it. :)

By: Julie Busath

Julie Busath — Sat, 16 May 2026 20:54:29 +0000

Could you use this recipe to make a soft, gooey, strawberry cookies? By adding freeze dried strawberry powder and/or strawberry extract? Or would that mess with the ratios of dry vs wet ingredients?

By: Taylor

Taylor — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:34:04 +0000

These turned out so good!! I see a lot of comments saying that they come out kind of dry, but these did not at all. To help that don’t include the sugar into your dry ingredients, but instead cream it into your butter and cream cheese just like a lot of other cookie doughs, then add the eggs one at a time & vanilla then add the flour mixed with baking powder, and salt after. Also weigh your flour and let the cream cheese and butter whip together long enough before adding sugar!! Over baking can also be a big factor. Pull them out as soon as the bottoms get a light brown! Thanks for the recipe!!

By: Terra

Terra — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:35:46 +0000

In reply to Sam Merritt. I weighed everything, no substitutions, I don’t think I overbaked as they were very soft and gooey when they came out, next day they taste like a biscuit which is unfortunate since it makes 3 dozen, I guess only bake what you plan to eat immediately while warm.

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:11:56 +0000

In reply to Terra. I'm sorry to hear this happened! Did you weigh your flour? Make any substitutions? Over-bake the cookies?

By: Terra

Terra — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:20:00 +0000

Followed the directions to the letter but my husband said they are “too floury”

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:11:34 +0000

In reply to Kristie Miller. Hmm that's very odd. Are you at a high altitude? It doesn't make much sense that you had to cut the flour that much, especially if you were weighing it, but I'm glad they turned out for you! :)

By: Kristie Miller

Kristie Miller — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 02:10:13 +0000

In reply to Sam Merritt. I made no substitutions and like I stated in my review I weighed everything. I tried again but this time I cut the flour down to 300 grams they came out much better with less flour thanks.

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:07:14 +0000

In reply to Jen. Hi Jen! Unfortunately it sounds like they were baked too long. It's possible there was a little too much flour, but more likely it was over-baked. :(

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:43:24 +0000

I’ve used many of your recipes and usually l love them, but not this one. Looking at other reviews, there is so much flour that it only really tastes a biscuit, with a similar texture. I don’t get the butter flavor or vanilla. My dough wasn’t dry, it very sticky, even after refrigerating l.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:21:02 +0000

I followed the exact recipe. My dough turned out great and so did the cookies! I spent some time in St. Louis this summer and am happy I found this recipe!

By: Penny Cline

Penny Cline — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:59:09 +0000

So moist and delicious. My kids favorite!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 01:57:49 +0000

These are some of our favorite cookies! I use almond extract instead of vanilla and make sure not to over bake! It’s a wonderful recipe. I think the dry cookie comments are from over baking, pull them a minute before you think they are done
Thank you for the amazing recipe!!

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:27:45 +0000

In reply to Kristie Miller. I'm so sorry to hear this happened, Kristie! Did you make any other alterations or substitutions? Did you weigh your flour?

By: Kristie Miller

Kristie Miller — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:28:09 +0000

Too much flour cookies were more like biscuits than gooey cookie. I gave this recipe 2 tries because I have used many of your other recipes and they are always good. I weighed all ingredients and I cut back on baking time both came out same

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 02:00:35 +0000

In reply to Whitmore Judy. I'm so sorry to hear this happened! Did you weigh you flour? Did you make any substitutions or omissions? How did your dough compare to the dough in my video? Is it possible the cookies were over-baked?

By: Whitmore Judy

Whitmore Judy — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:55:25 +0000

Too much recipe calls for too much flour. Tastes like a biscuit. We were disappointed.

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 03:00:26 +0000

In reply to Lauren. Hi Lauren! I'm so sorry to hear this happened! This can happen if they are over-baked or if there is too much flour in the dough. :(

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:27:50 +0000

In reply to Pay Lee.

They tasted like biscuits and were so dry!

By: Jeannie Smith

Jeannie Smith — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:02:20 +0000

In reply to BrandiV. I love cream cheese and can’t wait to make these!

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 01:51:20 +0000

In reply to Pay Lee. I'm so sorry to hear this happened! Did you make any alterations to the recipe? Did you weigh your flour? If not you may have accidentally over-measured your flour. :(

By: Pay Lee

Pay Lee — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:21:51 +0000

Unfortunately, this recipe was not flavorful enough for me. I’m not sure what I would adjust, but they tasted more like flour than the sweet, buttery goodness.

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 21:01:30 +0000

In reply to Tracy. Hi Tracy! Unfortunately the tubs of cream cheese typically have additives and I'm not sure how to combat that. Hopefully someone else can chime in with some suggestions. :)