Today's recipe is an oldie but a goodie.  This is probably one of my favorite recipes and I have been making it since I was a young girl.  It also has been a favorite among many of my roommates that I have lived with over the years.  It's nice for the busy days when you need a quick and easy treat.  Some may think I'm cheating because the recipe isn't completely homemade I do use a cake mix but it's still amazing and let's face it, it's nice not to have to make things from scratch all of the time.

Cake Oreos

Preheat Oven to 350.  This recipe makes about a dozen oreos depending on how big you make the cookies.

1 chocolate cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine softened

Mix cake mix, eggs, and butter together until well blended.  Roll dough into small quarter size balls place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes let cool before putting icing on.


For the Icing you will need:

1/2 package powder sugar
1 8oz package cream cheese
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine softened
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract

Blend the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla together, once they are well blended slowly start adding the powdered sugar until mixture is smooth and creamy. Put as much icing as you want on your cookies I always like a little extra.  I recommend you refrigerate them for at least an hour before serving just to keep them firm plus I think they are more delicious a little chilled.  Any leftovers can be refrigerated or frozen and served again later they are a cookie that keeps for a long time in the freezer and tastes just as good as they did on day one.

Enjoy