Valentine's Day Goodies

At work  I'm known for being the girl that brings in all the baked goods...mostly cupcakes that I'm testing for potential clients and such, but for Valentine's Day I decided to make cake mix sandwich cookies.  There's a very cool website called Bakerella that I frequent often for her cute ideas and recipes.  I followed her basic recipe for the cookies, but made strawberry ones instead of red velvet.  I also swapped the cream cheese frosting for vanilla buttercream and sprinkles!

Recipe for Cake Mix Cookies:


1 box strawberry cake mix*

2 eggs

1/2 cup butter, softened

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients together.

Using a small ice cream scoop, place dough on ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake for 8-10 minutes in 350 degree oven.  Cool on wire racks.

*Any cake mix should work.

Recipe for Sprinkles Vanilla Buttercream:

1 cup butter, softened

1/8 teaspoon salt

3.5 cups powdered sugar, sifted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon milk

Instructions:

Beat butter, powdered sugar and salt until creamy.

Add milk and extract and beat for 3-5 minutes until fluffy and smooth.

And Voila!  Here's my take on the sweet Valentine's Day treat:





I made mint chocolate chip cupcakes with heart shaped York Peppermint Patties on top!





 

Also, my early Valentine's day present to myself as mentioned in an earlier post:



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