Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies

As promised, here is the recipe for these delicious, red velvet gooey butter cookies!

Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies

Adapted from: Paula Deen

Ingredients:

8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 box red velvet cake mix

confectioners sugar, for dusting

Directions:

1. In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the cream cheese and the butter. Beat in the egg, then the vanilla. Beat in the cake mix until completely combined. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

3. Roll the chilled dough into tablespoon sized balls. Roll in confectioners' sugar and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool.

These turned out great! Adam loves red velvet and was so excited about these...they were a hit! :) Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentines Day with all the loves of your life! I will be spending my evening with chinese take-out and a movie night on the couch with Adam (and prob our snuggly dogs too)...a tradition we started our first valentines together! 

~Erica