If you've ever met me in person, you only have to hear about four words out of my mouth to know I'm a Southern girl. And we Southerners take our cooking very seriously. Just ask Paula Deen. Here lately, though, I haven't had a lot of time to do real baking so my daughter and I have been using my mom's friend Betty's favorite cookie recipe a lot! The basic recipe is to take a white cake mix, add a stick of butter and one egg. Mix well and within just a few minutes (with no measuring!) you have a great cookie dough mix. For what it's worth, these make great decorating cookies if you roll them out. We don't have time for that :) We roll up the dough in a ball, sprinkle with some colored sugar, and bake. Yummy!
Recently, I was blog-hopping through some of my favorite craft blogs and came across a recipe for red-velvet cake cookies. Red Velvet Cake might not've been invented in the south (I think there's some discussion about that) but it was certainly perfected here. I know how to make it and suffice it to say, there is measuring involved. So, when I saw that these cookies were made with a cake mix, I knew I had to try them. We bought the ingredients and made them that afternoon. They were delicious! The original awesome recipe can be found here at
Whipperberry, but my daughter and I made ours a little closer to my cookie recipe.
Red Velvet Cake Cookies
1 Red Velvet Cake Mix (any brand)
1 and 1/3 stick butter
2 eggs
1 package white chocolate chips (I used Girardhelli)
Mix first 3 ingredients, add chocolate chips. Roll into 1 inch balls. Bake at 350 degrees for around 12 minutes.
So, why is Stephanie sharing a recipe, you might be thinking? It's obvious from the picture that I am no food blogger. The hero in my most recent book,
Point Blank Protector, is a tortured hero. He's tortured by his past, by things that he's done--or hasn't done when he could have. And so, in the long nights when he can't sleep or when the nightmares come, he cooks. It's just his thing. I love a man who isn't afraid to be a man in the kitchen. And Tyler definitely is that kind of hero.
Hope you enjoy this easy recipe and that it gives you a little taste of the south!
Best,
Steph
Stephanie Newton lives in Northwest Florida with her husband and two teenagers. Her latest book
Point Blank Protector is available now!
7 comments:
Those cookies look great. Will have to try them. I love to bake - especially cakes. I love cookbooks too. I read them just like a regular book. (My daughters don't understand this).
Patsy,
I love cookbooks, too. Something my husband doesn't understand, since my favorite way to cook is to order out. :)
Baking, though, that's a different story. I love to bake, even when I don't have a lot of time! I've found lots of little short cuts. Unfortunately, there's not a shortcut to get the extra pounds from around my hips and thighs!
I hope you like them, Maryrose! I love your name...my daughter has a double name, so I'm kind of fond of them :)
I love the recipe! Thanks so much for sharing. I don't use box mixes anymore, but I'm sure that I can buy one for this recipe. I love that it has white choc in it too, tho I am a dark chocaholic. :)
Jaimn,
I think it would be worth buying a box mix for these cookies--I usually try to hit the B1G1 sale at my local store. Makes them really inexpensive!
Jackie,
I think if I left the white chocolate chips out, I might drizzle some cream cheese icing over the top. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it!
Blessings,
Steph
Lisa,
I hope you like the book AND the cookies!! :)
I agree with Patsy. My mouth is watering right now!!
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