Red Velvet Cookie Bars

Happy Valentine's Day!  We love you all, single or otherwise on this otherwise ordinary saturday!  I do find it a great day to try something sweet though.  I say this recipe and showed it to mom, she seemed to think it would be nice too soooooooooooooooo I made them!  Can I just say mmmmmm hahaha.  Sorry, sometimes that's all there is to say :).  Hope you enjoy the day and the weekend.  Look forward to seeing you next week!

Red Velvet Cookie Bars

Prep Time:  25 minutes

Total Time:  1 hour 55 minutes

Servings:  12

1 roll Pillsbury refrigerated chocolate chip cookie

1 box red velvet cake mix

2/3 cup unsalted butter

2 eggs, room temperature

Powdered sugar, if desired

Heat oven to 350°F.  Spray 8 inch square pan with baking spray with flour.  (I didn't have it, didn't use it seemed to do fine)

With lightly floured fingers, break up cookie dough into pan; press evenly in bottom of pan to form crust.

Bake 15 minutes (I baked 6 minutes only*)  Remove pan from oven; cool 10 minutes.  Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, beat cake mix, melted butter and eggs until well combined.

Spread cake batter evenly over partially baked crust.  Return to oven; bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool completely, about 45 minutes.

Cut cooled bars into 4 rows by 3 rows; sprinkle with powdered sugar.

*I didn't want burnt cookie so I cooked it less and it still turned out pretty hard by the time the cake was done. It wasn't too much of course, and I could be all wrong it may stand up to the cooking because of the cake on top of it!  Let me know what you do!  This recipe came from Pillsbury.