Monday, December 6, 2010

A Great Christmas Cookie

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Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies

1 8oz. pkg. cream cheese

1/2 c. butter, softened

1 egg

1/4 tsp. vanilla

1 Red Velvet cake mix

1/2 c. powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter. Stir in egg and vanilla. Add cake mix & stir until well blended.Powder sugar your hands well. Roll into 1" or 2" balls and dust balls in powdered sugar. Place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheets (Siplast and parchment paper work well too) . Bake for 10 minutes. Leave on cookie sheet for 3 minutes or more before removing to cool on wire racks.
The original Gooey Butter Recipe, I posted here.

16 comments:

Welcome to the Garden of Egan said...

You are the evil twin!
Shame!

Anonymous said...

OH YUM...this look so good, thanks for the recipe! ;D

Linnea said...

I love red velvet cake, especially the one Costco sells. Haven't tried the cookies yet. Thanks for the recipe...

Karen Mello Burton said...

I feel embarrassed to say that I have never had red velvet cake. But these cookies do look good.

Mikki said...

Yummy!!! And festive!

Debby@Just Breathe said...

Thank you, I am going to try these, they look/sound delicious and I have all the ingredients at home right now!

tammy said...

My boys' favorite dessert at The Cheesecake Factory is their red velvet cheesecake. I think you may just have made their day with this recipe.

Ann Marie said...

Thank you much!!
I will try these this week!!

Scrappy Girl said...

I am going to have to try those! Red Velvet is Dr. Hubby's favorite. And mentioning Ruby Tuesday makes me want to go to that restaurant and eat some DYNAMITE SHRIMP!

Elizabeth said...

So Gigi which is your fav. the red velvet or the orignal one? I'm doing the 12 days of cookies and want to use this one..I think I had one for the Chocolate but you saiit wasn't so good..let me know. THnx for the recipe..loves ya!!

Connie said...

Yikes! I'm going to close my eyes when I eat one! They really do look devilishly divine!

Dawn in D.C. said...

You must have known I've had cookies on my mind! Happy belated anniversary!

Emma said...

I actually have red velvet cake in my pantry.... I will try these today!!

Kathy said...

Oh, what a fun recipe. This one is a keeper!

mCat said...

You lost me at cream cheese....
but I love you!

Shannon said...

I am making these today. They look great and it is time to get cookies made for visiting teaching. Thanks cousin!