Red Velvet Cookies
Red Velvet cake mix cookies filled with a tangy cream cheese frosting for the holidays!
Servings: 15 sandwich cookies
Equipment
- parchment paper
Ingredients
cookies
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup mild vegetable oil or melted and cooled butter
- 15 ounce red velvet cake mix, I use Duncan Hines
- granulated sugar for rolling
filling
- 4 ounces brick style cream cheese
- 1 cup (heaped) powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- In a medium bowl whisk together the eggs and oil. Then fold in the cake mix until everything is well combined and there is no dry mix left.
- Cover with plastic and chill for 30 minutes to an hour.
- Preheat oven to 325°F and line baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Use a tablespoon to scoop out the dough and roll into balls. You should get about 30 balls to make 15 sandwich cookies.
- Roll each ball in granulated sugar and place on the lined baking sheet, 2-3 inches apart. Bake for about 7 minutes, or until the cookies have spread out and started to wrinkle on the edges. They will seem underdone, but will firm up as they cool.*
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for several minutes before removing to a rack to cool completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting blend the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy. I like to do this in my food processor because it makes an instant lump free frosting and I can use cold cream cheese! If you want to use electric beaters you will want to soften your cream cheese first.
- Fill the cooled cookies.
Notes
*I suggest doing a test cookie before rolling and baking all your dough. Make adjustments to the size of your balls, oven temp, etc. as necessary.
Because there is cream cheese in the filling these cookies should be refrigerated after 2 hours.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 cookie · Calories: 255 kcal · Carbohydrates: 29 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 15 g · Saturated Fat: 3 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 4 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 7 g · Trans Fat: 0.03 g · Cholesterol: 32 mg · Sodium: 267 mg · Potassium: 113 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 19 g · Vitamin A: 138 IU · Calcium: 54 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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