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Classic Red Velvet Cookies

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
11 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 1 minute
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 210
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 225 g unsalted butter room temperature
  • 200 g white granulated sugar
  • 100 g light brown sugar packed
  • 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk room temperature
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp red gel food colouring
  • 1 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 250 g plain flour
  • 15 g Dutch-process cocoa powder 2 tbsp
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ tsp fine sea salt
  • 150 g white chocolate chips optional
  • Ingredients — Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 115 g full-fat cream cheese room temperature
  • 180 g icing sugar sifted
  • ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
  • Pinch of fine sea salt

Method
 

  1. Beat room-temperature butter and both sugars on medium-high for 3 full minutes until pale and fluffy. Scrape the bowl at the 1.5-minute mark.
  2. Add the whole egg, egg yolk, vanilla, red gel food colouring, and white wine vinegar. Beat 30 seconds until uniformly red and no white streaks remain.
  3. Sift in flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, and salt. Fold with a spatula until no dry streaks remain. Fold in white chocolate chips if using.
  4. Cover and refrigerate dough for 30 minutes minimum.
  5. Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F). Line two trays with parchment. Scoop 2-tablespoon balls, spacing 5cm apart. Bake on middle rack 10 to 11 minutes until edges are matte and set but centres look slightly glossy.
  6. Rest on tray 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
  7. For frosting: beat room-temperature cream cheese until smooth, add sifted icing sugar, vanilla, and salt. Beat 2 minutes until fluffy. Pipe or spread onto fully cooled cookies.

Notes

  • Use Dutch-process cocoa, not natural cocoa — the colour depends on it.
  • Butter and cream cheese must both be at room temperature before use.
  • Do not skip the chill — it is the difference between thick and flat cookies.
  • Cool cookies completely before frosting or the frosting will melt and run.
  • Unfrosted cookies keep for 5 days at room temperature; frosted cookies refrigerate for up to 4 days.

Nutrition (per cookie with frosting, approx.)

Calories: 210 kcal | Carbs: 29g | Fat: 10g | Protein: 2g | Sugar: 21g