Red Velvet Cookies

Every year we are invited to a cookie exchange.  The dilemma:  go with a signature recipe or come up with something new.  This year, we put a new twist on one of our favorites.  Earlier I (daughter) posted a recipe for Lemon Cookies.  As much as I love all things lemon, I love all things red velvet, also.  I modified the Lemon Cookie recipe, and here's the result.

Ingredients

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package German chocolate cake mix
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 bottle (1 oz) red food coloring
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Pour cake mix into a large bowl. Stir in eggs, oil, and food coloring until well blended. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough into a bowl of confectioners' sugar. Roll them around until they're lightly covered. Once sugared, put them on an ungreased cookie sheet, or a cookie sheet covered with a Silpat.
3. Bake for 6 to 9 minutes in the preheated oven. The bottoms will be light brown, and the insides chewy.

Tip: To form the dough without making a mess, use latex gloves (or nitrile, if you're allergic to latex). Put gloves on both hands, spray one hand with non-stick baking spray (like “Baker’s Joy”) and then rub hands together. I learned this lesson the hard way!

Makes about 4 dozen.