The addition of cream cheese to the sugar cookie dough gives these red velvet cookies their cakey texture.
Frosted Red Velvet Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 5 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 3 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1 tablespoon red gel food color
- 1 1/4 cups marshmallow creme (from 7-oz jar)
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir cookie dough, cream cheese, baking cocoa and food color with wooden spoon until well blended. Shape dough into 24 (1 1/4-inch) balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Using bottom of drinking glass, flatten balls to 1 1/2-inch rounds.
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Step2Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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Step3Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat marshmallow creme and softened butter with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Beat in powdered sugar until smooth. Spread on cookies. Store in airtight container.
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Nutrition
180
Calories
9g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
26g
Total Carbohydrate
19g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 21%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 115mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 19g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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