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Red Velvet Oreo Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

These homemade Oreo cookies use a red velvet cake mix to speed along the baking process and result in super moist, very delicious cookies.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time23 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cake Mix Cookies, cream cheese frosting, red velvet cookies, red velvet sandwich cookies, sandwich cookies
Servings: 18
Calories: 321kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Cookies:

  • 15.25 ounce red velvet cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ cup vegetable shortening

Frosting:

  • 8 ounces cream cheese (softened to room temperature)
  • ½ cup butter (softened to room temperature)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2½ cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Mix together cake mix, eggs and shortening until well combined. The dough will be pretty thick.
  • Roll dough into balls, making sure they are all similar in size.
  • Place dough onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.
  • Immediately transfer cookies to a cooking rack.
  • Cream together cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar until smooth.
  • Spread onto cooled cookies and sandwich together.

Notes

  • The dough does not need to be chilled before baking.

Nutrition

Calories: 321kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 310mg | Potassium: 119mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 254IU | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 1mg