Red Velvet Cookies
Pretty red and white bakery-style cookies. Vibrant and sweet, red velvet cookies are moist, chewy, and easy to make for the holidays or Valentine’s Day.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- Red gel food coloring or 1 tablespoon red liquid food coloring
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or grease lightly and set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cream of tartar.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and granulated sugar until combined and fluffy.
- Beat eggs and vanilla extract into butter/sugar mixture until batter is fluffy.
- Add food coloring and mix well, scraping down the sides of the bowl thoroughly to ensure the color is evenly distributed throughout the batter. Add enough food coloring to make a vibrant/dark red.
- Mix the dry ingredients (flour mixture) into the butter/sugar mixture.
- Fold in 1 cup of white chocolate chips.
- Use a cookie scoop and place even scoops of dough onto the prepared pans. Leave about 2 inch of space between scoops.
- Bake for 8 to 9 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the oven. Immediately press a few of the remaining white chocolate chips into the tops of the warm cookies. You will probably have leftover white chocolate chips.
- Allow them to cool on the pan for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool the rest of the way.
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Notes
- Make sure your ingredients are room temperature to keep your batter an even consistency.
- Add more liquid food coloring, a little at a time, until the batter is a vibrant dark red.
- Leave about 2 inches of space between scoops as the cookies will spread.