Peppermint Crunch Cream Cheese Cookies

Peppermint Crunch Cream Cheese Cookies Meg Freebairn 2007

Cookie Ingredients:

2 boxes Devils cake mix

1 ¼ cups shortening

4 eggs

1 tsp. Vanilla

Frosting ingredients:

8 oz. Cream cheese –softened

1 cube butter –softened

1 tsp. Vanilla

4 ½ -5 cups powdered sugar

6 drops Red food coloring

*12 pack Peppermint candy canes –crushed up

Cookies: Mix together all of the above cookie ingredients in a mixer. Mixture will be stiff. Shape into 1 inch balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake 6-8 min. at 350 degrees.

Frosting: Cream together the butter, cream cheese and vanilla. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time until the desired consistency. (Not too runny. The stiffer the better.) Add 6 drops of food coloring. May need more for desired color. I like a rich pink color.

Putting it all together: After cookies have cooled on a cookie sheet, spread frosting on the bottom side of the cookie and place another cookie bottom side down on the frosting. Make sure to spread enough frosting on the cookies till overflowing. Roll the edge of the cookie in crunched up peppermint candy canes. The Frosting will hold the peppermint candy in place.

Makes approx. 2-dozen sandwich cookies.