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Red Velvet Cookies

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What’s better than cookies? Holidays cookies…

Whether it’s hosting or giving away sweet treats for the winter holidays, we think that the Red Velvet Cookie made from scratch is the perfect kind of cookie to offer.

My sister and I have gotten together to make these cookies in light of the holidays, gifting for the parents, and staying in to keep cozy.

We are pleased to share these super thick and soft, filled with natural red cocoa cookies. Roll them in powdered sugar and watch the cracks in the cookies unravel as they bake, not to mention the beautiful aroma emitted from the oven and dispersed throughout the room. The powdered sugar is the perfect and simple topping to evoke a winter-like feel, just like powdered snow that has fallen.

These red velvet cookies have almost a brownie like texture on the inside, and the deeper you get, the softer they are. Their shell is a bit more firm and they’re not too sweet compared to regular chocolate cookies. What’s also nice about these cookies are that they don’t require too much red food colouring unlike traditional red velvet desserts. We like how the natural red cocoa looks and decided to use a little less red colouring for these.


 

Red Velvet Cookies
Serves 24
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Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
15 min
Total Time
25 min
Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
15 min
Total Time
25 min
Ingredients
  1. 2 cups all purpose flour
  2. 1/3 cup red cocoa powder
  3. 3/4 cup brown sugar
  4. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  5. 2 eggs, room temperature
  6. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  7. 1/3 teaspoon red food colouring
  8. 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  9. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  10. 1/2 cup butter, softened
  11. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  12. 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Foil works as well.
  2. Cream the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl and add the eggs one at a time, beating between each addition.
  3. Add the vanilla and red food colouring, and mix well.
  4. In a separate bowl sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt to combine.
  5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and beat together until combined.
  6. Fill one bowl with granulated sugar and one bowl with powdered sugar. Use a 1 ounce cookie scoop (or tablespoon) to scoop cookies out.
  7. Roll the balls first in the granulated sugar and then in the powdered sugar to completely coat the cookie balls.
  8. Place on the prepared cookie sheet an inch apart. (If you find that your first baked batch is too round/ball-like, feel free to press them down a bit flat before they bake in the oven.) Bake for 10 minutes or until the cookies have puffed up and cracked, but are still remaining soft in the middle.
  9. Allow to cool and enjoy!
Notes
  1. Optional, but feel free to sprinkle a bit of granulated sugar in the cracks of the cookies once they are baked and out of the oven.
  2. You can have them with a nice glass of almond milk. 🙂
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