Red Velvet and Cream Cheese Oreo Cookies
Makes 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 bar {4 ounces} cream cheese softened
- 1 stick {8 tbsp} butter softened
- ¾ cup Dixie Crystals light brown sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 12 Red Velvet Oreos crushed
- 3-4 Red Velvet Oreos broken into small pieces {for topping}
- red food coloring optional
Instructions
- Add cream cheese, softened butter, and brown sugar to a mixer bowl.
- Blend on medium speed until smooth.
- With the mixer running, slowly add flour, a little at a time until fully combined.
- If you want a more pronounced red color, add 10-20 drops red food coloring and stir in.
- Pour crushed Oreos into the bowl and gently stir in by hand.
- Scoop the dough ball onto a sheet of plastic wrap and wrap up.
- Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Scoop and roll batter into small balls and place on a lined baking sheet.
- Gently press to flatten cookies if you like them more flat and large. If you want small round cookies leave them as balls.
- Press a few pieces of broken Oreos on top of each cookie.
- Bake for 12 minutes then let cool slightly on the baking sheet before removing to a rack to cool completely.