Red Velvet Cookies

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Red Velvet Cookies

How to Make Red Velvet Cookies

If you love Red Velvet Cake, you need to try it in cookie form.

Ingredients

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Cookie Ingredients:

2 1/2 c flour

1 1/2 c sugar

14 tbsp unsalted butter, room temp

1 tsp white vinegar

2 1/2 tsp vanilla

2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp red food coloring

2 eggs room temp

extra sugar to roll the cookies in before baking

Icing ingredients:

3 c powdered sugar

8 oz cream cheese

2 tsp vanilla

4 tbsp unsalted butter

Grab That Mixer

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Using your electric mixer, combine the butter and sugar until it's smooth.

Keep It Mixing

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Add the eggs, one at a time, to the mixer.

Still Keeping It Mixing

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Now add the vanilla, vinegar and food coloring.

Separate Bowl Time

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In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt together.

Bring It All Together

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Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix until combined.

Grab the Baking Sheet.

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Measure out a heaping tablespoon full of the dough. Roll the dough around in the extra sugar set aside to coat them, then roll the dough into balls and place on a baking sheet.

Bake!

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Bake in an oven that's been preheated to 350° for 8-10 minutes.

Chill

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Remove from the oven and place the baking sheet on a wire rack to cool for a couple of minutes before placing the cookies directly on the wire rack to cool completely.

Icing on The...cookie.

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To make the icing, using the electric mixer, combine the cream cheese and butter together.

Keep Adding..

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Now add the powdered sugar, a little at a time to the mixer.

Last Ingredient!

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Now add the vanilla.

Now Top the Cookies Off.

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Either cover the cookies completely with the icing, or pipe it on like I did.

Enjoy!

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Hope you enjoyed this instructable, if you make these, let me know what you think!