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Red Velvet Cookies
Red velvet cookies from scratch couldn’t be easier. Forget chocolate chip cookies, these chewy, chocolatey red velvet cookies are going to be your glass of milk’s new best friend.
Flour, sugar, cocoa, and a touch of butter make these cookies simply irresistible and they look great too. You won’t be able to resist eating just one of these colorful chocolate cookies.
Make up a batch for your next potluck, school bake sale or just to have on hand when the kids come home from school. They freeze well so you can make a double batch and always have home-baked cookies on hand.
These red cookies would be great to serve on Valentine’s Day, Christmas, or any other festive event.
Why You’ll Love These Homemade Red Velvet Cookies
Who doesn’t love cookies, right? Especially chocolate cookies?? This recipe for easy red velvet cookies doesn’t take long to prepare and then just 15 minutes to bake up to satisfy your inner cookie monster.
Forget store-bought cookies. These beautiful chocolate cookies can be on the table in about 30 minutes and taste way better.
Helpful Equipment To Make
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Mixing bowl
- Baking or cookie sheet
- Wire cooling rack
- Whisk
- Spatula or flipper
Red Velvet Cookies Ingredients
- 210 grams of flour
- 150 grams of white sugar
- 15 grams of natural cocoa powder
- 10 grams of baking powder
- 1 medium egg
- 40 ml of full milk (can use lite milk if that’s all you have)
- 60 grams of unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon of red food coloring
- 100 grams of powdered sugar
How To Make This Red Velvet Cookie Recipe
Combine your dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl; flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking powder.
In another bowl mix the egg, milk, and food dye and blend using an electric or handheld blender or a whisk.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and then pour in the room-temperature butter.
Mix everything thoroughly to combine, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place the bowl in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
After 2 hours remove the bowl from the fridge and roll small balls out of the dough. Use your hands or a one-tablespoon measure to scoop out the dough. Roll the balls in the powdered sugar and place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake in an oven that has been preheated to 370°F (190°C) for about 15 minutes or until done.
All About Red Velvet
Red Velvet has become synonymous with a red dessert such as red velvet cake, red velvet cupcakes. There is some controversy as to how it was developed and some theorize that the red appearance originally came from the type of cocoa powder that was used. Other theories tell us that beets were used to get the red hue. However, today people usually add liquid food coloring to get this effect in their cookies, cakes, and muffins.
Variations
- To add texture to the cookies you can add chocolate chips; semi-sweet, white or dark chocolate will all work well. Another option is toasted, chopped nuts will also add a nice crunch and flavor.
- Instead of rolling the dough in powdered sugar, you can dip the baked cookies in melted chocolate for a chocolate-covered red velvet cookie.
Tips and Tricks/Notes
- Make sure your dry ingredients don’t have any lumps. You can always sift them together as this ensures there are no lumps.
- Bring the egg, milk, and butter to room temperature before you start to assemble the cookies as they will be easier to work with.
- Any kind of milk will work; skim, full-fat or plant-based. If you do use a plant-based option choose unsweetened as there is no need to add more sugar to the cookies.
- Don’t compromise on the fridge time as the dough needs to sit and the butter needs time to solidify.
- To get an even deeper red color use a red food gel.
How To Store This Recipe For Red Velvet Cookies
Red Velvet cookies can be kept in an airtight container on the kitchen counter for a few days. If you aren’t going to eat them within 3-4 days it is probably best to freeze them to preserve their freshness. They can be kept in the freezer for up to 3 months. Make sure to store them so you can easily just grab one (or two!) at a time.
FAQs
What is a red velvet cookie made of?
Red velvet cookies are made with the usual baking ingredients like flour, sugar, cocoa, eggs and butter. The red velvet part comes from adding red food dye.
What makes red velvet cookies red?
In this recipe for red velvet cookies, I used red food dye to get to make the cookies look red. You can use a liquid food dye or a gel food dye to get a red appearance.
Conclusion
These soft and chewy red velvet cookies are the ideal sweet treat. If you are a big fan of red velvet cake, and who isn’t really, then these chocolate cookies rolled in powdered sugar will be the ideal addition to your cookie jar.
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Red Velvet cookies
- Total Time: 2 hours 25 minutes
- Yield: 15 Cookies 1x
Description
Red velvet cookies from scratch couldn’t be easier. Forget chocolate chip cookies, these chewy, chocolatey red velvet cookies are going to be your glass of milk’s new best friend.
Flour, sugar, cocoa, and a touch of butter make these cookies simply irresistible and they look great too. You won’t be able to resist eating just one of these colorful chocolate cookies.
Make up a batch for your next potluck, school bake sale or just to have on hand when the kids come home from school. They freeze well so you can make a double batch and always have home-baked cookies on hand.
These red cookies would be great to serve on Valentine’s Day, Christmas, or any other festive event.
Ingredients
- 210 grams of all purpose flour
- 150 grams of white sugar
- 15 grams of natural cocoa powder
- 10 grams of baking powder
- 1 medium egg
- 40 ml of full milk (can use lite milk if that’s all you have)
- 60 grams of unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon of red food coloring
- 100 grams of powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 370°F (190°C)
- Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl: flour, sugar, cocoa and baking powder.
- In another container, mix the egg, milk and dye with a blender or whisk.
- Add the mixed liquid ingredients from step 2 to the dry ingredients, plus room temperature oil. Mix everything thoroughly.
- Cover the finished dough with cling film and leave in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Take out the chilled dough, roll small balls out of it, roll them in powdered sugar and put on a baking sheet.
- Bake in an oven for about 15 minutes until done.
- Prep Time: 10 Minutes
- Cook Time: 15 Minutes
- Category: Dessert, Cookie, Snack
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: International
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