Red Velvet Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting

jeniwan's Note:

Wow! These cookies pack both a tasty and visual punch! Their bright red color lends itself nicely to holiday cooking, and they couldn't get any easier to make!

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 36 cookies

Cookies

• 1 (18 ounce) box red velvet cake mix (any brand will do)
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup oil

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (softened)
• 1/4 cup stick margarine (softened) or 1/4 cup butter (softened)
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Mix all the cookie ingredients together. This will make a cookie dough.
2. Roll into balls and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Flatten down slightly (depending on the thickness you desire).
3. Bake at 375° until the tops crackle (about 8-10 minutes) or until desired doneness.
4. Cool and then frost (they're also good without the frosting).
5. For the frosting, beat cream cheese, margarine, milk and vanilla in medium bowl with electric mixer on low speed until smooth.
6. Gradually beat in powdered sugar on low speed, 1 cup at a time, until smooth and spreadable. Frosts one 13 × 9-inch cake generously, or fills and frosts one 8- or 9-inch two-layer cake. Refrigerate any remaining frosting.
7. Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting: Add 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled, with the margarine.

Reviews

[Chef #1314565]

I was a bit skeptical that these would turn out at first... the dough was very thick and hard to mix. But once I actually baked them, I knew I had a recipe to keep! Delicious little chocolate cookies, and they really held their shape extremely well! Instead of single cookies, I put one on top of another with icing inbetween them to make red velvet sandwich cookies. MMM. My friends will love them for our Fourth of July party. <3

[anniek36]

These are The Bomb!! OMG!! I did use 1/2 cup of oil instead of 1/3 cup omg so chewy and delicious!! for me I though they tased better the following Day that I made them im a huge red velvet fan so I will be most defiantly making these again! it doesn't get much easier then this recipe

[anitaTaco]

I would rate higher if I could!!!! I dare say, these are THEE BEST cookies my husband and I have ever made, maybe even ever had! I am making my second batch today, I forgot to comment the first time. The dough felt very, very greasy. I thought that I did something wrong but decided to push on anyways without changing a thing. They turned out absolutely perfect so I guess it's just how this dough is. I would like to find a recipe to make these from scratch, but no one will know that these aren't unless you tell them. Plus they look so elegant. These would be perfect for a sweetheart or Valentine day, even Christmas. The frosting really sets it off! What I like about making the frosting, is you can control the sweetness. I'll split the batch in half, and do half the sugar with a touch more vanilla in one and normal on the other for people who like a little more sweetness. Marvelous, marvelous, marvelous!! What are you waiting for?! You could be baking these cookies and munching within the hour!! :)