Red Velvet Cookies
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Red Velvet Cookies
Description
The Red Velvet Cookies start with creaming cold butter cubes with brown and white sugars until light and fluffy, incorporating vanilla, eggs, and red food coloring for the signature hue and flavor. Cocoa powder adds a subtle chocolate depth to the blend.
Dry ingredients including flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt are folded into the wet mixture, along with white chocolate chips that provide sweet bursts and balance the cocoa’s slight bitterness. Baking at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 to 10 minutes yields cookies with nicely set edges while maintaining a soft, chewy center. Cooling is important to let the cookies firm up before serving.
This recipe produces sizeable cookies that offer visual appeal and a pleasing balance of flavors, useful as a dessert or special treat. They hold texture well and combine familiar red velvet flavor with the comfort of chocolate chunk cookies in one bite.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter cut into small cubes, cold
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 teaspoons red food coloring
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder unsweetened
- 3 cups flour (or 1 1/2 cups of cake flour plus 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour. Do NOT pack down the flour)
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and sugar for 4 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, and red food coloring. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Fold in cocoa, flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Fold in white chocolate chips.
- Line a light-colored baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat. Scoop 3 to 4 ounces of cookie dough onto baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before eating to allow time to set-up.
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