holiday red velvet cookies
Chewy, festive, pretty little things for your cookie swap and Christmas bonanzas otherwise.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 tsp red gel food dye
- 2 1/4-2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment.
- In a bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, and sugar until soft and fluffy. Whip in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla and 1 teaspoon red gel dye. If the color doesn't seem quite vibrant enough, add a second teaspoon.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until just combined.
- Scoop heaping 2 tablespoon sized mounds of dough and roll into a ball. Set onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake 8 minutes, then remove the pan from the oven and tap firmly against the counter a few times. Return to the oven for an additional 3-4 minutes. Remove and let cool on the baking sheet.
- Microwave the chocolate chips in a heat-safe bowl for 1 minute. Stir until melted, heating an additional 20-30 seconds if needed. When the cookies are cool, drizzle or dunk half of each into the chocolate. Set onto a wire rack placed overtop a piece of parchment. Let set 5-10 minutes, then DIG IN!