Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

Red Velvet Whoopie pies

Time: 25 minutes – Yield: 5 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 Red Velvet Cake Mix
  • 1 stick (1/2 C) margarine, softened
  • 1 egg
  • Frosting (homemade or store bought-whichever you prefer)
  • Mini Valentine’s Cookie Cutters

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stand mixer
  • Rubber spatula
  • Icing spatula or piping bag/ziploc bag
  • Mini heart cookie cutter or other mini shapes
  • Cooking spray
  • 2-3 baking sheets

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Combine your cake mix, margarine and egg with an electric mixer till well mixed.
  3. Roll into balls that are about an inch and a half in size. Place them on a cookie sheet, gently press them down so that they are slightly flattened.
  4. Bake for 9-11 minutes.
  5. Allow them to cool.
  6. Once they are cooled, set aside half of the cookies at the base, and use other half of cookies to cut out shapes in the center.
  7. Frost the cookies set aside earlier with cream cheese frosting (use your favorite recipe or keep it simple and use store bought). Then sandwich the cookies together.