Description
Indulgent Red Velvet Cookies with cream cheese frosting bring classic Southern charm to your dessert table. Chocolate-kissed cookies topped with silky frosting promise a delightful sweet escape you won’t want to miss.
Ingredients
Scale
Primary Ingredients:
- 1 cup (226 grams / 8 ounces) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 2 ½ cups (320 grams) all-purpose flour
- 8 ounces (226 grams) cream cheese, softened to room temperature
Sugars:
- 1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 cup (220 grams) packed light brown sugar
- 2 cups (240 grams) powdered sugar
Flavor and Enhancing Ingredients:
- ¼ cup (25 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon red food coloring
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ cup (57 grams) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Blend softened butter with granulated and brown sugars until airy and voluminous. Incorporate eggs individually, ensuring thorough mixing after each addition. Infuse vanilla extract and vibrant red food coloring into the mixture, creating a uniform crimson batter.
- Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate vessel. Gradually fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture, stirring gently until just combined without overmixing.
- Heat oven to 350F (175C). Arrange parchment paper on baking sheets. Portion dough into uniform rounded globes using a cookie scoop, positioning them with ample spacing to prevent merging during baking.
- Slide trays into preheated oven, baking for 10-12 minutes until edges stabilize and centers remain slightly tender. Allow cookies to rest on baking sheets for 5 minutes, enabling gentle cooling and structural setting.
- Transfer cookies to wire cooling rack, permitting complete temperature reduction. Meanwhile, whip cream cheese and butter until silky and uninterrupted in texture.
- Incrementally introduce powdered sugar, blending until frosting achieves luxurious, cloud-like consistency. Enhance with vanilla extract, stirring until fully integrated.
- Once cookies have reached ambient temperature, apply generous frosting layer to cookie base. Delicately sandwich with complementary cookie, creating elegant, indulgent red velvet cookie confections.
Notes
- Adjust the food coloring intensity to achieve your desired vibrant red hue, remembering that color can deepen during baking.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes before scooping to prevent excessive spreading and maintain a perfect round shape.
- Use room temperature ingredients to ensure smooth mixing and consistent cookie texture.
- Swap regular flour with gluten-free blend for a celiac-friendly version without compromising taste or structure.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 246
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 170 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 36 mg