**Christmas Treats** {12.21.2022}

December 20, 2022 / 2 Comments

Today I’m sharing a couple of recipes that I love to make at Christmastime. The first one I’m sharing is for these

Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cake Bars

These are always a hit and a favorite! 

Addison helped me with melting the butter and stirring it all together. 

Once you have the cake mix, egg and butter mixed together, you can press it into the bottom of a greased 9×13 dish. This becomes the cookie crust. 

Then, you will pour the cream cheese mixture over the crust. 

Once it’s baked, make sure you have it set to cool completely before cutting. 

Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cake Bars 

Ingredients: 

1 box Duncan Hines Red Velvet Cake Mix

3 eggs, divided

1 cup unsalted butter, divided into 2 sticks and melted

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

1 tsp. vanilla

16 oz. pkg. powdered sugar, plus a little more to sift on the top

Instructions: 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 inch pan with Cooking Spray. 

In a large bowl, beat cake mix, 1 egg, and 1 stick of melted unsalted butter at medium speed just until combined. Press mixture into the prepared pan. 

In the same bowl, beat cream cheese at medium speed until smooth. Mix in vanilla and remaining 2 eggs. Add in powdered sugar and beat at low speed until well combined. Slowly add remaining still of melted unsalted butter, beating until combined. 

Pour mixture over prepared crust in the pan. 

Bake until center is just set, about 30 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Sift some powdered sugar over the top. 

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I always love to make these….

Mocha Crinkle Cookies

The biggest thing to remember about making these is you have to make sure you have them chill in the refrigerator for at least 3-4 

Mocha Crinkle Cookies

Ingredients: 

1 1/3 cup packed lite brown sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup sour cream

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla 

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 

2 tsp. Regular instant coffee

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1/2 cup powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat brown sugar and oil together. Add in sour cream, the egg and vanilla. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, sift together, flour, cocoa, coffee, baking soda, salt and pepper. Add this to the other mixture. 

Refrigerate for 3-4 hours until dough is firm. 

Scoop into balls and roll into powdered sugar. 

Bake for 10-12 minutes.

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And, here’s my little cutie being a great helper and making her Elf cookies that Elfie brought her. 🙂 

That’s it for today. I hope I gave you some inspiration for some sweet treats. I hope you’re having a fabulous week, friends! 

xo

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