With just eggs, butter, a cake mix, and vanilla, these cookies come together quickly and you can frost them with cream cheese icing, dust them with powdered sugar or leave them plain, either way you'll have a decadent-tasting Red Velvet cookie.
These simple steps will make someone who hates baking fall in love instantly with using doctored cake mixes for cookie baking, especially during a busy holiday season, the color is perfect.
If you happen to have a Red Velvet Cake lover in your home, give this easy recipe a try.
They sure are the perfect addition to any Valentine's Day dinner treat for dessert.
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Doctored Cake Mix Easy Steps Making Red Velvet Cookies
- preheat the oven and line two baking sheets with parchment paper
- mix the butter with eggs then add vanilla
- add the cake mix
- chill for easier rolling
- shape with a cookie scoop
- bake, coo. and lfrost
Tips
- roll the cookies into balls by hand with powdered sugar or flour
- use a cookie scoop for uniform-sized cookies
- store these in airtight containers
- cool completely before frosting
- use a lined cookie sheet or Silpat mat or parchment paper
- cookies can be rolled in granulated sugar before baking instead of frosted or after baking rolled in powdered sugar
- add raisins, nuts, chopped cherries, craisins, coconut, funfetti sprinkles to the batter and get creative
- these cookies freeze in an airtight container unfrosted for up to 3 months thaw and frost
Shopping List (scroll down for exact measurements hit print)
- red velvet cake mix
- eggs
- butter
- flour
- vanilla
- canned frosting in chocolate and or vanilla or our homemade version in the recipe card
- Optional:
- regular, mini, or assorted flavored chocolate chips,
- coconut, any kind of nuts, and colorful sprinkles to match the holiday theme
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Doctored cake mixes are super easy to make and they're certainly scrumptious.
The best part about making doctored cake mix cookies is they make a large quantity of cookies that's perfect for a party or a holiday cookie exchange, plus don't forget that special someone on Valentine's Day they're the perfect dessert.
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Yield: 30
Red Velvet Doctored Cake Mix Cookies
Red Velvet soft cookies made with a doctored cake mix recipe
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 12 MinTotal time: 22 Min
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature (1 stick)
- 1 - 3/4 cups of AP flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 - box of red velvet cake mix (15.25 ounce size)
- Optional:1/2 cup mix-ins: chocolate chips (I use semi-sweet, milk, or white chips) 2/3 cup chopped walnuts or another kind you prefer (for nut allergies use pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds) white cream cheese frosting or chocolate frosting homemade or canned
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Using an electric mixer beat the butter and eggs until blended.
- Beat in the vanilla to egg to that mixture.
- Add the cake mix and beat until smooth.
- Fold in any mix-ins.
- Tip: Chill the batter for easier rolling around 1 hour.
- Note: use powdered sugar for rolling instead of flour.
- Using a cookie scoop for uniform-sized cookies, drop them into powdered sugar onto the cookie sheet.
- Bake the cookies for around 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges start to brown.
- Cool before removing from the parchment paper.
- Dust with more powdered sugar leave, them plain or frost them with cream cheese icing.
- Cream Cheese Icing:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 8-ounce package of cream cheese softened
- 4 tablespoons marshmallow fluff
- Beat all together until smooth and the desired consistency is reached for spreading.
- Chocolate Frosting:
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 tablespoons butter softened
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 1/4 cup milk or more
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch salt
- Beat all together until smooth and the desired consistency is reached for spreading.
Notes
Tips
- roll the cookies into balls by hand with powdered sugar or flour
- use a cookie scoop for uniform-sized cookies
- store these in airtight containers
- cool completely before frosting
- use a lined cookie sheet or Silpat mat or parchment paper
- cookies can be rolled in granulated sugar before baking instead of frosted or after baking rolled in powdered sugar
- add raisins, nuts, chopped cherries, craisins, coconut, funfetti sprinkles to the batter and get creative
- these cookies freeze in an airtight container unfrosted for up to 3 months thaw and frost
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