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)
• ¼ cup stick margarine (softened) or ¼ 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

[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!! :)

[Erin Bean]

So I came across this recipe looking for a Valentines Day themed treat to bring to a party and fell in love with the idea! When I went to the grocerie store with my list of items to buy in order to make the cookies, there was no red velvet cake mix to be found! I decided to try German Chocolate Cake mix instead and added some red food coloring to the dough to give it a valentine flair! The cookies turned out wounderfully with a deep red color and a rich cocolate flavor!

[PatriotsGirl]

Red velvet is not a flavor that I've been familiar with in the past since I'm a native New Yorker, but after recently seeing a box of red velvet cake mix for the first time at the grocery store, I was intrigued. I was going to just make cupcakes with it, but when I saw this recipe, I knew I had to make it! This is a simple recipe, yet it is sure to impress! I may have baked my cookies for less than 8 minutes, we like our cookies very soft, but they had started to crackle just a bit. As far as the icing goes, 4 cups of powdered sugar sounded like way too much to me, I only used 2. This made for a delicious, perfectly mildly sweet frosting. I don't care for things overly sweet, but if you do I would guess the 4 cups would work great. I topped the frosting with candy heart sprinkles and they looked beautiful. I will make these often, thanks so much for posting!