Red velvet cookies. Red velvet cake lovers, these recipes are for you! We've taken your favorite cake and turned it into cookies. From red velvet cookie cups to red velvet whoopie pies, there is no shortage of ways to enjoy the classic flavor (and distinctive color) of red velvet. Line two baking sheets with a silicon baking mat or parchment paper. These cookies really look and taste like red velvet cake.
They have a very soft cake-like consistency. The dough was a little sticky and be careful not to touch it or you will turn your fingers red! I added some peppermint- white chocolate chips to make them a little Christmasy and then topped them with a white chocolate drizzle. You can cook Red velvet cookies using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Red velvet cookies
- You need 200 gms of Butter.
- It's 220 gms of Flour.
- It's 50 gms of Cocoa powder.
- It's 200 gms of Sugar.
- It's 1/4 tsp of Baking powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of Baking soda -.
- It's 1/2 tsp of Salt-.
- You need 1 tbsp of Vanilla essence -.
- It's 1 tbsp of Red food colour-.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of White Chocolate chips-.
- It's 1/2 cup of Red sanding sugar-.
- Prepare of White chocolate buttons- for topping.
HOW TO MAKE RED VELVET COOKIES. Making these red velvet cookies isn't too tricky either. First beat together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. I like to use a little brown sugar in my cookies because it makes them extra chewy.
Red velvet cookies instructions
- Whisk butter and sugar well..
- Sift flour, cocoa powder, soda, baking powder and salt..
- Add vanilla essence and food colour in butter sugar mixture..
- Add sifted flour to butter mixture, mix white chocolate chocolate chips and mix well to form dough..
- If you find dough to soft to work with, refrigerate for 15 mins..
- Divide the dough in 35-40 small portions and make small balls..
- Don't flatten them. Sprinkle red sand sugar on top of it and bake it in preheated oven at 350 F for abt 10-12 mins until they puff up and get cracks on it..
- Take it out. Let it cool for a few mins and then place one one white chocolate button on top of each cookie with the slight pressure of thumb..
- Enjoy your cookies.
Then beat in the egg, vanilla extract, vinegar and red food coloring. Red Velvet cake takes awhile to make but you can enjoy cookies using boxed cake mix in minutes! More ideas for delicious red velvet cookies: Feel free to experiment with the cookies and add chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and more! Bake in batches, keeping the unbaked cookies on the sheet in the fridge while the rest are baking. In a microwave, melt unsweetened chocolate; stir until smooth.