Thursday, December 13, 2012

Red Velvet and Lace Cookies

This year I participated in the 2012 Christmas Cookie Recipe Swap that Julie from White Lights On Wednesday is hosting.

The cookie recipe I received came from Caitlin from Sugar Spice and Everything Nicely. The recipe came on a festively-decorated card and was one that I had not made before: Red Velvet and Lace Cookies.

Red Velvet and Lace Cookies

I have heard of red velvet cake before, but have never made it because I never have a full bottle of red food dye on hand. The cake mix easily solved that problem. The coloring is already in the mix.

The recipe suggests baking the cookies for 8-10 minutes. I chose to bake them for 8 minutes and they came out very moist and delicious. 

To make Red Velvet and Lace Cookies, simply follow Caitlin's recipe:

Ingredients:

1 box of Red Velvet Cake Mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
Powdered sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together one box of Red Velvet Cake Mix, the eggs, and oil. 

Having never used Red Velvet Cake Mix before, 
it was interesting to see the mix turn from brown to 
bright red as it was mixed with the wet ingredients.

Then roll teaspoon-sized balls of dough in powdered sugar.

Ready to be rolled in powdered sugar.

Next, place on a baking stone (or parchment paper lined cookie sheet). Bake for 8-10 minutes. Cookies will crackle on top. 

Cookies cooling before we taste them.

Let cool and enjoy!



9 comments:

Anonymous said...

These looks delicious! Pinning to make later!

Caitlin Nicely said...

I'm so glad you enjoyed making these! I totally forgot to give you my blog info :) http://sugarspiceandeverythingnicely.blogspot.com/2012/12/peppermint-chocolate-best-christmas.html
Thanks for trying this recipe & featuring it on your blog!!

Lindsey said...

These look yummy! I love red velvet anything! Plus, they just look festive!

Anonymous said...

I love red velvet! They look delicious!

Carrie @ My Favorite Finds said...

Wow! How pretty for the Christmas holidays! Thanks for joining us!

Amy Bateman said...

These look delicious. So much easier than my made-from-scratch chocolate recipe.

Emily said...

Oh my look at all those cookies!!! :)

Rebecca @ Herons Crafts said...

Oh my these looks good! I also had a red velvet recipe and I know what you mean about the mix turning to read - I looked at in the box and thought I had bought the wrong mix!

Teri said...

What a great recipe! They look so pretty being red. I will be putting this on my list of cookies to make!