FRESH BLUEBERRY COOKIES WITH AN ORANGE GLAZE

Ingredients

1/2 cup of butter 1 stick softened
1 box cream cheese 8 ounce softened
1 egg
1 teaspoon orange extract
1 box Betty Crocker Butter Cake Mix
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon orange zest
3 tablespoons orange juice

Instructions

Cream butter and cream cheese with mixer. Add the egg and orange extract and mix just until combined on low scraping the bowl several times. Add the cake mix in three parts mixing just until combined after each part. Remove from the mixer and very carefully and slowly fold in blueberries. You don’t want them to burst so just take your time.
Refrigerate dough for 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Roll into 1 1/4 inch balls. Place on cookie sheets covered with parchment paper. Bake 15-16 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes and remove to cookie cooling racks.
In small bowl whisk powdered sugar, orange zest and orange juice. Drizzle over cooled cookies.
Yield is 24-30 cookies.

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