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Red Hot Cookies Recipe
Chewy, spicy Red Hot Cookies are the perfect way to add some heat to your holiday celebration! They’re simple to make and sure to be a hit with cinnamon candy lovers.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Servings: 32 cookies
Calories: 127 kcal
Course:
Baked Goods
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup red hot candies, crushed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar for 2-3 minutes until fully combined. Add in egg yolks and vanilla extract, beat until fluffy.
- Add flour, baking powder, and kosher salt. The mixture will be crumbly, continue beating until a cookie dough ball forms. Add in red hot candies and stir until combined.
- Using a 2 Tablespoon cookie scoop, drop cookie dough onto prepared cookie sheet. Lightly tap the tops of each cookie with a spatula, to prevent the cookies from doming. This will give you evenly baked cookies.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes until edges are just starting to brown. Remove from oven. Use the back of a spoon to push the melted red hots and mis-shapen cookies back into place.
- Let cool on pans for about 5 minutes, then cool completely on a parchment paper lined wire cooling rack.
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Notes
- The red hot candies WILL melt in the oven. Use the back of a spoon to push any that are mis-shapen back into the cookie after baking.
- Store cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
- Freeze baked cookies in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months. Thaw in refrigerator ovenight.
- If freezing cookie dough prior to baking, use my tips and tricks in my guide on how to freeze cookie dough.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1cookies
Calories
127kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
17g
(6%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
27mg
(9%)
Sodium
58mg
(2%)
Potassium
14mg
(0%)
Fiber
0.3g
(1%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
193IU
(4%)
Calcium
16mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 32cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 127
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookies | |
| Calories | 127kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 17g | 6% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 27mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 58mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 14mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 193IU | 4% |
| Calcium | 16mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.