Sinful Red Velvet Cookies

I'm cookin', good lookin!'s Note:

This is based on a Paula Deen recipe, so it's quite rich ;) This is by far the most luxurious cookie I make. They never last long. They're painfully easy to make, which may be bad news for your waistline.

• Total Time: 17 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 5-7

Yield: 24.0 cookies

• 1 (8 ounce) brick cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature (1 stick)
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 (18 ounce) box red velvet cake mix
• confectioners' sugar, for rolling and dusting

Directions:

1. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
2. Beat in the egg.
3. Beat in the vanilla extract.
4. Beat in the cake mix.
5. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours to firm up so that you can roll the batter into balls.I've chilled batter overnight and it comes out fine.
6. After batter has chilled and you're ready to make the cookies, preheat the oven to 350°F.
7. Roll the chilled batter into tablespoon sized balls and then roll them in confectioner's sugar.
8. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
9. Bake 12 minutes. The cookies should remain soft and gooey.
10. Cool completely and sprinkle with more confectioners' sugar, if desired.
11. To make these devilishly rich, I also top the cookies with cream cheese frosting, which is simple to make. I use Bev's Cream Cheese Frosting (Cream Cheese Frosting), but double the vanilla. Or, if I'm making them for people I know have more of a savory tooth than sweet, I'll triple it to a full tablespoon.

Reviews

[Juliev320]

Great taste. A little messy to roll. Put spray on your hands or use plastic gloves. I stuck in a Hershey kiss after they came out of the oven. My friend was going to put cream cheese frosting on them insteadnof the powdered sugar

[Weird Al Loser]

I just made this last week and oh boy were they a hit! They came out great. Reviews i got from people: decadent, luscious, even SEXY! I added chocolate chips (half a bag) to the dough, it gave a little something extra. I'm new to the baking world so i didn't have a cookie sheet, so i just used my cupcake tins... which actually were perfect! b/c then all the cookies were the SAME size. I was able to make perfect sandwiches using a cream cheese frosting :)

[ljohio]

Disappointing!! I thought with all the rave reviews these would be fantastic. Made exactly as directed; taste pretty much like a brownie. Took to a gathering and few were eaten; I saw some half eaten. Were all the low ratings deleted????