Dawn's Easy Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies Recipe
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Dawn's Easy Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies

By: DAWNV4  
"As a Southern girl, I love baking from scratch and red velvet cakes are a must for the holidays. I usually make one every Christmas, especially one for my brother-in-law David. This year was so busy, I just didn't have time to make him one, but I am always making cake mix cookies for my girls as a quick snack in the afternoons after school, so I whipped up a batch of these gems for him for Christmas. They are out of this world! You don't just have to make them for holidays they are wonderful anytime, see for your self."

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Prep Time:
25 Min
Cook Time:
8 Min
Ready In:
33 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 24 cookies
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) box red velvet cake mix
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon bourbon
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  • Icing
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 teaspoons evaporated milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup flaked coconut
  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Mix together cake mix, eggs, oil, and bourbon in a large bowl. Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven until the tops start to crack, about 8 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
  4. In a large bowl combine cream cheese, butter, evaporated milk, vanilla, and coconut. Add the confectioners' sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing well with each addition. If consistency is too stiff, add more milk.
  5. Place the chopped pecans in a bowl. Spread a generous amount of icing on the bottom of a cookie, sandwich it with another cookie, pressing firmly so that the icing comes all the way out to the edge. Roll the edges of the sandwich cookies in the chopped pecans. Repeat with the remaining cookies.

Footnotes

  • Cook's Note
  • You will likely have extra icing after building your sandwich cookies. It will keep it for up to 2 weeks covered tightly in the refrigerator.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 294 | Total Fat: 14.4g | Cholesterol: 31mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on May 20, 2009 by mosley4 
I made these for a bake sale @ work and boy they went fast! They are absolutely the best... MORE
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Reviewed on Jul. 20, 2009 by Britt Nicole 
I absolutely LOVE red velvet cake so I knew I had to try this recipe lol. I made the cookies... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 23, 2009 by lchoward 
Delicious! I used a teaspoon of vanilla in place of the bourbon, fat free cream cheese for the... MORE
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Reviewed on Nov. 16, 2009 by Heather 
I made the cookies and left out the Bourbon completely, they turned out GREAT! I also left out... MORE
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Reviewed on Apr. 13, 2009 by Adria Lauren 
I made these for our neighbors and I received a call from them after dropping the cookies off-... MORE
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Reviewed on Nov. 19, 2009 by mary k 
so easy! yum! MORE
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Reviewed on Nov. 3, 2009 by lacey 
SO EXTREMELY YUMMY! i havent even made the icing yet, but i made the cookies with white... MORE
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Reviewed on Oct. 26, 2009 by Cindy 
These were so easy and everyone liked them very much. I did use the cooked icing from another... MORE
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Reviewed on Jul. 28, 2009 by NSTROMAN 
Everyone LOVED these cookies...they couldn't stop talking about them! Can't wait to make them... MORE

 
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