Red Velvet Sugar Cookies
Red Velvet Sugar Cookies requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 16 servings with 298 calories, 3g of protein, and 12g of fat each. For 54 cents per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is brought to you by Cooking Classy. It is perfect for valentin day. 3885 people were glad they tried this recipe. If you have unsalted butter, egg, vegetable shortening, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 13%. Red Velvet Sugar Cookies, Red Velvet Black and White Cookies {Red Velvet Week/Saturdays with Rachael Ray}, and Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies {Red Velvet Week} are very similar to this recipe.
Servings: 16
Ingredients:
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 1/4 cups cake flour
3 Tbsp unsweetned cocoa powder
2 tsp cornstarch
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 large egg
1 large egg white
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp lemon juice or vinegar
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Red food coloring*
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
Equipment:
mixing bowl
stand mixer
whisk
baking sheet
plastic wrap
bowl
oven
wire rack
Cooking instruction summary:
In a mixing bowl, whisk together cake flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking powder and salt until well blended, set aside. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment whip butter, shortening and sugar until pale and fluffy. Mix in egg, then mix in egg white, vanilla, lemon juice and food coloring. With mixer set on low speed, slowly add in dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees during last 10 minutes of chilling.Shape dough into about 3 Tbsp balls and transfer to Silpat lined baking sheets. Evenly flatten balls with greased hands to about 1/2-inch. Bake in preheated oven 9 - 11 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool on baking sheet 2 minutes then transfer to a wire rack. Cool completely then frost with cream cheese frosting.For the frosting:In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip cream cheese and butter until pale and fluffy. Mix in vanilla extract followed by powdered sugar and blend until well combined and fluffy.*I used 1 tsp or red gel food coloring and 1 tsp red liquid food coloring.Recipe Source: Cooking Classy
Step by step:
1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together cake flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking powder and salt until well blended, set aside. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment whip butter, shortening and sugar until pale and fluffy.
2. Mix in egg, then mix in egg white, vanilla, lemon juice and food coloring. With mixer set on low speed, slowly add in dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees during last 10 minutes of chilling.Shape dough into about 3 Tbsp balls and transfer to Silpat lined baking sheets. Evenly flatten balls with greased hands to about 1/2-inch.
3. Bake in preheated oven 9 - 11 minutes.
4. Remove from oven and allow to cool on baking sheet 2 minutes then transfer to a wire rack. Cool completely then frost with cream cheese frosting.For the frosting:In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip cream cheese and butter until pale and fluffy.
5. Mix in vanilla extract followed by powdered sugar and blend until well combined and fluffy.*I used 1 tsp or red gel food coloring and 1 tsp red liquid food coloring.Recipe Source: Cooking Classy
Nutrition Information:
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