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Red Velvet Cookie Cups

Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Sep 20, 2016
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A new favorite on holiday dessert platters -- delicious and easy-to-make red velvet cookie cups holding sweet cream cheese filling.

Red Velvet Cookie Cups

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 55 min
  • Servings 36
  • Ingredients 9
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Ingredients

Cookie Cups

Filling

  • 5 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir Cookie Cup ingredients until soft dough forms. Shape into 36 (1 1/4-inch) balls (about 1 tablespoon each); place in ungreased mini muffin cups.
  • Step 
    2
    Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set when lightly touched in center. Cool in pan 5 minutes; press indentation into center of each with end of wooden spoon, cleaning off end with paper towel when needed. Remove from pan to cooling rack; cool completely.
  • Step 
    3
    Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat cream cheese, 2 tablespoons butter and the vanilla with electric mixer on low speed about 1 minute or until well combined. Slowly add powdered sugar, beating on low speed until well blended. Increase speed to medium; beat 1 minute.
  • Step 
    4
    Spoon filling into resealable food-storage plastic bag. Snip off corner of bag. Gently insert cut corner of bag into indentation in each cookie cup. Squeeze bag to fill opening, about 2 teaspoons per cookie cup. Store covered in refrigerator.

Nutrition

120 Calories
5g Total Fat
1g Protein
18g Total Carbohydrate
12g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie Cup
Calories
120
Calories from Fat
50
Total Fat
5g
8%
Saturated Fat
3g
15%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
20mg
6%
Sodium
85mg
3%
Potassium
20mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
18g
6%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
12g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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