Red Velvet Cookies
User Reviews
5
Red Velvet Cookies
Description
Red Velvet Cookies combine typical baking ingredients with cocoa powder and red food coloring to create their distinctive look and mild chocolaty taste. The prepared dough has a soft and slightly sticky consistency and includes white chocolate chips mixed throughout, giving pockets of sweetness and creamy texture after baking. Baking them at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 10 to 18 minutes allows the cookies to set while remaining tender inside, avoiding a cakey texture. This gentle baking produces a cookie that is soft but stable enough to hold shape.
The mix of granulated and brown sugars gives these cookies a balanced sweetness with a hint of caramel richness from the brown sugar. White vinegar reacts with the baking soda for leavening and tender crumb development. Whisking butter before adding sugars ensures proper aeration and smooth batter consistency. This recipe suggests slight underbaking to maintain softness rather than crispness.
The cookies are versatile for snack time or casual dessert, offering familiar red velvet flavor in a handheld form. Their sweet, mild cocoa notes with white chocolate chips complement each other, making them suitable for gatherings or a personal treat.
Note that measuring flour carefully by weighing or sifting is important for proper dough texture. Mixing by hand helps prevent overmixing, preserving the cookie's softness. Using salted butter is acceptable, and cream cheese chips can be substituted for white chocolate chips if desired.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg large
- 2 teaspoons red food coloring
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Microwave the butter for about 40 seconds in a large, microwave-safe bowl. Butter should be about 80% melted.
- Whisk until butter is completely melted.
- Add the sugars and whisk until well-combined.
- Stir in vanilla and egg until incorporated.
- Whisk in the food coloring and vinegar until combined.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Please read the recipe note about properly measuring flour.
- Mix dough until just combined. Dough should be soft and a little sticky but not overly sticky.
- Stir in white chocolate chips.
- Scoop out 2 tablespoons of dough and place 3 inches apart on baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-18 minutes, or until cookies are set. They still look a little underbaked in the middle.
Notes
- Use salted butter and measure flour accurately by weighing or sifting to avoid dense cookies.
- Hand mix the dough to prevent overworking and maintain tenderness.
- Slightly underbake the cookies to keep them soft and moist in the center.
- White chocolate chips can be swapped for cream cheese or regular chocolate chips according to preference.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 14cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 216 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 216kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 29g | 10% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.5g | 3% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 31mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 189mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 62mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 17g | 34% |
| Vitamin A | 222IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.05mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 29mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
You'll Also Love
