Cooking Pretty Pink Cookies for Valentines

[babylisa4]

This should also go on the cookies from Cake mixes post but I wanted to post this because they are good and pretty for valenitine's day. When I make these, everyone always wants the recipe.

Pink Cherry Chip Cookies
(I usually double this because everyone eats them up so fast!-the icing is what makes them so good)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1 box Betty Crocker Cherry Chip Cake Mix
¼ cup butter or margarine(softened)
1teaspoon butter flavoring
½ teaspoon vanilla flavoring
Few drops red food coloring(for looks only)
8 oz. cream cheese(softened)
1 egg
½ cup chopped pecans

Cream butter and cream cheese with ½ of the dry cake mix. Add egg, vanilla and butter flavoring and red food coloring. Mix in remaining cake mix and nuts. Drop rounded teaspoonful on greased cookie sheet. Bake for about 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees. (kind of watch them-these cookies are better if they are sort of soft-not crunchy) Let cool completely.

Icing:
1 box powdered sugar
½ cup canned evaporated milk(more or less to get right consistency)
½ stick butter(softened)
Few drops red food coloring

Mix above ingredients together. Ice cookies when completely cooled. If stacking cookies, put wax paper between layers.

Notes: I have used regular milk or whipping cream but canned milk is better in the icing. Also, I’ve used canned cherry vanilla icing but homemade is better.

 

[Dismom+two]

These look really good!! I think I just may try them! Thanks for sharing the recipe!!

 

[babylisa4]

Sometimes this is hard to find. We used to have Albertson's in Okla and I couldn't find it there but could find it in our locally owned Reasor's groceries. I can also find them at Food Pyramid. All that to say if one store doesn't have it, try another.

 

[Dismom+two]

Yea....I was thinking...I don't ever remember seeing that flavor cake mix. I will have to go out on a search!

 

[babylisa4]

I have purchased this in 2009 so they do have it. Just call stores in your area and ask if they have betty crocker cherry chip cake mix before driving all over town.

 

[Imzadi]

Oooh! These sound great. Babylisa4, would you also post these on the Cake Mix Cookie thread so it gets archived? There are also many people subscribed to that thread from the other forums, in case they miss seeing your recipe here.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=681495&page=11