Every year during the Christmas season growing up, we used to get these AWESOME cookies with Rolos baked into the middle from a lady at our church named Ouita. Hence the name "Ouita's Christmas Rolo Cookies." So, I decided to continue the tradition now that I have a grown up kitchen of my own. So I made some for my pastor and his family. Being a PK (Preacher's Kid, for those of you who don't know), I know how important it is for your church staff and their families to know how much you appreciate the work they do and the sacrifices they make for the church on a daily basis. This is just a simple and thoughtful way to do that! They are soooo good and really easy to make, so drop everything you're doing right now and make them. I mean it. Drop. Everything. Then write your pastor a note and tell him you're thankful for all he (or she) does.
Ouita's Christmas Rolo Cookies
1 pkg. Rolos
1 box Devil's Food cake mix
1/3 c. oil
2 eggs
See?! Four ingredients. That easy.
Start by unwrapping lots and lots of Rolos. And put them in a bowl. You can eat a few, I give you permission :) But save most of them for later! Also, now is a good time to preheat your oven! 350(F)!
Combine cake mix, oil and eggs (in a different bowl). Only use a whisk when you combine the oil and eggs. Trust me. This stuff is thick.
When you're done, it should look like this! It'll have the consistency of..well, cookie dough. If there are a few powdery balls of cake mix left, don't worry about it. You can mash them out as you go. It's not too important to mix it really well.
Now take a little wad of your dough, press it flat in your hand and put a Rolo on top. Wrap the dough around it, making sure to completely cover the Rolo. My recipe said to only use enough dough to cover the Rolo, but I found that adding just a little bit more to the bottom keeps the caramel from sticking to the pan and burning while you bake it. You should use about 1 tbsp. of dough for each cookie.
I spread them really far apart on the cookie sheet because they spread a LOT.
Bake for 7-10 minutes (mine took closer to the 10 side), then let cool
on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes. This is important because they keep cooking. If you try to take them off hot, they'll just fall apart because they're still soft. And they WILL get really ugly. Trust me.
Transfer to wax paper and coat liberally with powdered sugar. :) I used a strainer to make sure there weren't any clumps. Just like the stars on Food Network! Ignore the blank spot where there used to be a cookie. It was the ugly one, so I ate it.... :)
And a few pictures of the finished product. Gooey DELICIOUSNESS. Mmmmm yum.
All wrapped up and ready to give away! So pretty :) Got the tins at Target on sale for $3.20. Granted, the original price was $4, so it wasn't
that much on sale....But on sale is on sale!
The recipe yields 3 dozen, although if you do the extra thick cookies like I did (which are way better than the thinner ones), you'll get 2 dozen. Easy peasy! Here's version of the recipe I followed, in case you want to copy and paste it:
1 pkg. Rolos
1 box Devil's Food cake mix
1/3 c. oil
2 eggs
Mix cake mix, oil and eggs. Take a small ball of dough and form a ball around the Rolo. (Only use enough dough to cover the Rolo so it can spread through the cookies.)
Place on greasedcookie sheet and bake at 350 for 7-8 minutes. Yields about 3 dozen.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.
That's it! Easy peasy Rolo Cookies. :) So delicious. I'd suggest making
two batches of this recipe because you
will eat several while they cool. Fresh from the oven, they're irresistible. Now, go write that thank you note!
