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These Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies are an easy red velvet cookies recipe that is perfect for valentine’s day or Christmas. Who doesn’t love a homemade sandwich cookie?
Red Velvet Sandwich cookies are a great twist on red velvet cake cookies. You take a box of cake mix and transform it into an incredible tasty and beautiful cookie.
Serve them with Red Velvet Martinis for a special, romantic occasion (or just because you really like red velvet!).
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What We Love About This Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies Recipe
Cake mixes also come in a lot of flavors, and red velvet lovers are so lucky that their favorite flavor is available in a box too! What is the flavor of red velvet? Is chocolate with an edge, find out the description from Food Network.
- Simple: This is a great recipe for beginners or to make with your kids because it is so simple.
- Simple Ingredients: The best part is that they are all found in pantry or fridge for this easy recipe.
- Family Friendly: Two wonderful cookies smushed together with cream! It is always a hit, a perfect treat.
- Adaptable: Can fill with so many different things, it is such an easy recipe and are such easy cookies.
Ingredient Notes for Tasty Cookies
- Chocolate Cake Mix: 1 Box. Or you can use a red velvet cake mix if you prefer.
- Canola Oil or vegetable oil
- Eggs: 2 large eggs at room temperature.
- Sugar: 3 tablespoons granulated sugar and 6 tablespoons powdered sugar.
- White Chocolate Chips: This is not necessary but just makes it a little extra.
- Frosting: Cream Cheese frosting, either grocery store bought or make your favorite cream cheese icing recipe.
Equipment Needed for Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
- KitchenAid Classic Mixing Bowls
- large mixing bowls
- OCTAVO 5 Speed Hand Mixer Electric
- Nordic Ware Natural Aluminum Commercial Baker’s Half Sheet
- Silicone Baking Mat – Set of 2
- DI ORO Designer Series Flexible 3-Piece Silicone Turner Spatula Set
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- Small Cookie Scoop
- Cooling Rack
- silicone mats
How to Make Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
These are the basic steps for making Doctored Red Velvet Cake MIx Cookies. Please refer to the recipe card below for more detailed full recipe instructions, cook time, and nutrition information.
STEP 1: PREP
First, line the baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Then preheat your oven.
STEP 2: COMBINE
Next, in a medium-sized bowl, combine cake mix, oil and eggs. Then add red gel food coloring and continue to mix and add until you achieve the red color that you like. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
STEP 3: SCOOP & BAKE
Scoop dough out the dough into one-inch dough balls and coat in a thin layer of the granulated white sugar. Next, coat the cookie dough ball in powdered sugar.
STEP 4: BAKE
Bake for 9 to 12 minutes, then allow to cool on a wire rack.
STEP 5: FILLING:
Finally, place some cream cheese frosting on the bottom of a cookie and place another cookie gently on top.
Prep and Storage Tips
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE AHEAD OF TIME
Truly, these cookies are really quick and easy and can be made any time, however, they can be made several days in advance and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.
HOW TO STORE THIS RECIPE
Store at room temperature for several days, store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks or freeze. It is a great way to have fresh cookies any time you like.
HOW TO FREEZE THIS RECIPE
These red velvet cookies can be frozen for up to six months in an airtight container or in a freezer bag.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can use sugar alternative or low calorie cake mix to make this recipe a little more calorie friendly.
Of course, you can use any type of filing for the inside of the cookies that you enjoy. Here is one from King Arthur.
Of course, you can make as many as you need, or you can make a half batch if you prefer, simply adjust the recipe card below.
Both red velvet cake and chocolate cake contains cocoa. But red velvet cake contains additional ingredients like buttermilk, vinegar, and cream cheese, which gives it a more complex flavor and texture.
Expert Tips for Making This Recipe
- Add Different Chips: Dark chocolate chips, yogurt chocolate chips or even sugar free chocolate chips.
- Frost: No need to make sandwich cookies simply add Cream cheese frosting as a great topper to ice these cookies with.
- Variation tip: Sprinkles are a great option to make this red velvet cookie recipe special.
- Alternate ingredient: Try adding candies, chocolate coated candies or other candy treats.
- Alternate cooking method tip: Feel free to place the cookies in the air fryer at 300 for about 8 minutes.
What to Serve with Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
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Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
Equipment
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- Small Cookie Scoop
Ingredients
- 1 chocolate cake mix, 1 box
- ⅓ cup canola or vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon red gel food coloring
- 16 ounces cream cheese frosting, 1 tub
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine cake mix, oil and eggs. Mix thoroughly.
- Once you achieve a dough-like consistency, add red gel food coloring. Mix until tinted completely.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Remove from refrigerator. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roll dough into one-inch balls.
- Place on lined cookie sheet about 2 to 3 inches apart from each other.
- Bake for 9 to 12 minutes. Let cool completely.
- Place icing on the bottom of one cookie and then place another cookie on top to create a sandwich.
Expert Tips
- Variation tip: Sprinkles are a great option to make this red velvet cookie recipe special.
- Alternate ingredient: Try adding candies, chocolate coated candies or other candy treats.
- Alternate cooking method tip: Feel free to place the cookies in the air fryer at 300 for about 8 minutes.
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This tasted so amazing! Thanks a lot for sharing this super easy to make recipe! Fam really loves it! Will surely have this again! Highly recommended!
What a variety of pink and red cookies! My kids are gonna love you for this one, thanks!
Yum! So many great Red Velvet desserts here – want to try them all!
What a fun list! I can’t wait to try some of these!
I love red velvet so much thank you for this!